Shutter Drag: Why the Image Outlasts the Word | Kewin Phlong | TEDxCIA FIRST Intl School

Good morning. Before we begin, let's take a selfie. God, I suck at taking selfies.Now, that was fast. It was quick. In that moment, I created a record.Turned this fleeting moment, this present moment, into a collage of pixels viewable indefinitely. For thousands of years, this would have been magic, sorcery even, because for most of our existence as human beings, the written word has been the hallmark of our history. It marked our first transformative leap from prehistory to recorded history.Writing allows ...