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Why? The alphabet seems like a huge abstraction I don’t think I could come up with on my own. I could see myself coming up with structures, drawing, counting etc. on my own given enough free time.



> The alphabet seems like a huge abstraction I don’t think I could come up with on my own.

Given how many humans did come up with it, over all those millennia, I think we all can safely say that!


A is for apple, B is for bear, ...

And then you use the picture of an apple, bear, etc.

It's one of those simple solutions that anyone could have, but not often do.




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