In ancient Egypt, writing was concentrated among scribes, giving a small educated class control over taxes, laws, land, religion, and state power while most people depended on them to understand the systems ruling their lives.

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Posted: 2026-06-24 03:44:39

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In ancient Egypt, writing was concentrated among scribes, giving a small educated class control over taxes, laws, land, religion, and state power while most people depended on them to understand the systems ruling their lives.

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In ancient Egypt, writing was concentrated among scribes, giving a small educated class control over taxes, laws, land, religion, and state power while most people depended on them to understand the systems ruling their lives.

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This is a good parallel to what is happening now when it comes to the frontier models.

@VictorTaelin La invención de la imprenta fue revolucionario en la edad media, porque quienes concentraban el poder tenían miedo de que los plebeyos pudieran acceder al conocimiento masificado

@VictorTaelin interesting how Islam is the one religion that encouraged mass literacy, and because of that it meant that religion was personal.

@VictorTaelin They also believed writing was literal magic, translated as "words of god," hieroglyphs didn’t just communicate, they manifested reality.