The power of cutting and connecting the link between the abstract symbol called term and the concrete sense is necessary. However, in the history of mankind, printing has caused a period in which “the Replication cost of a figure remains high and only the Character duplication cost goes down”. This has de facto changed the form of expression of “Communicate primarily by text”. This has resulted in a habit of thinking by letters.
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