This week I finished putting together my collection. I thought a lot about different ways of communication: from the simplest and most obvious to those, which are understandable to modern person only, from very abstract to not yet existing. I ended up with quite a varied list:
- Telekinesis
- Hypnosis
- Tactility
- Voyager disk
- Ultrasound (bats)
- Satellite connection
- Cable connection
- Tarot
- Mycelium
- Post pigeon
- Music
- Ouija board
- Dream
- Prayer
- Meditation
- Writing
- Time capsule
- Facial expressions
- Rock painting
So, we can sort these examples according to three criteria: chronological sequence, addressee of the message, tangibility of the message.
According to the addressee, we can split everything in human addressee and non-human addressee groups.
- The addressee is a human: satellite and cable communications, telekinesis, hypnosis, carrier pigeon, music, tactility, writing, time capsule.
- The addressee is not a human: meditation, prayer, sleep, Ouija board, Voyager disc, mycelium, ultrasound, Tarot cards.
In terms of chronology, we can divide them into the following groups:
- Old communications: writing, tarot, prayer, meditation.
- A century ago: cable, Ouija board, satellite, time capsule, hypnosis, Voyager drive.
- Future: telekinesis.
- Timeless communication: facial expressions, sleep, tactility.
- Inhuman communications: ultrasound, mycelium.
If you classify my objects by tangibility, then the following groups come out:
- Tangibles: Voyager disc, tarot, mycelium, carrier pigeon, Ouija board, time capsule, writing, rock art.
- Intangible: telekinesis, tactility, hypnosis, ultrasound, satellite and cable communications, sleep, prayer, meditation, facial expressions.