Learning Romansh
Learning Romansh
Learning Romansh
In 7th grade I almost failed Latin. It was the declensions that got me—also, as a 12-year old, learning a dead language was as abstract as the idea of traveling the world. That all changed the first time I came to Europe, visited a Roman ruin, and discovered that I could read the weathered inscriptions…
Steven Johnson on Big Business Semiotics
Steven Johnson on Big Business Semiotics
Steven Johnson on Big Business Semiotics
Here’s a lecture Steven Johnson gave last night at Columbia about the future of text. (Steven has a transcript here.) Lo and behold, that degree in semiotics twenty years ago makes a lot of sense now! [Update: I embedded the video here this morning, but it starts on its own, and sometimes it shows a […]
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