From the alphabet to clocks and printing every major new technology has profoundly altered the way in which humans think .
从字母表到时钟,再到印刷术,每一种新的科技都深刻改变了人类的认知方式。
Ask school children who their friends are and many list last names close to them in the alphabet .
问一问学校的孩子们,他们的朋友是谁?许多人会列出姓氏首字母在字母表中与他们接近的人。
As ong notes , unlike writing or agriculture , the alphabet was only invented once - every single alphabet and abjad can trace itself back to the same semitic roots .