Thoth’s Pill - an Animated History of Writing

My animation takes you through the birth and evolution of writing. Watch the story of the world’s scripts unfold, from the early cave days to modern writing systems. But only if you choose to take Thoth’s Pill... This animated documentary is my vision of the history of writing if you could’ve seen it evolve with your own eyes. It was a time-consuming labor of love in honor of written language, a topic I’ve been passionate about for years. ** CORRECTIONS ** (Hugs to the commenters who took time to point all of these out on specific videos in the series.) CHINESE #1 The two bottom “yue“ examples use simplified characters, one of which (“key“) has the more common reading “yao“. This means that the characters didn’t evolve in ancient times according to the traditional pattern presented here, but were made to look similar later in history. To find accurate examples, rewind to our character “ma“ (“horse“). Better yet, u