Philosophy
The Oldest Promise
From Sumerian grain receipts to your last signature — a meditation on five thousand years of agreements and how we nearly ruined the simplest invention in human history.
Gilberto Mares·
8 min
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From Sumerian grain receipts to your last signature — a meditation on five thousand years of agreements and how we nearly ruined the simplest invention in human history.
Maritime law, handshake deals, and why we write things down — lessons from sailors who made agreements in foreign ports with nothing but their word.