<p>The invention of writing was a social revolution</p>
<p>Before writing, power was in the hands of magicians, who made decisions in function of ritual and magical volumes</p>
<p>With writing, a new class of literary decision makers came about - the literati - came about e.g.priests, clerks</p>
<p>With writing, a new class of literary decision makers came about - the literati - e.g.priests, clerks</p>
<p>With this came a completely different way of experiencing the world</p>
<p>Magicians: the world was space in which time circled, by circling it put all the objects that had left their place into their just place; a world of crime and retribution</p>
<p>Magician knew how to avoid punishment, was capable of manipulating destiny</p>
