How would you explain to a Victorian-era time traveller that in 2025 our systems of communication have become so advanced that we can both read the works of Shakespeare on a gizmo the size of a cigarette pack — and express our thoughts with a pile of poo?

While smartphones link us to the corpus of world knowledge, emojis allow a portal to the corpus of crap, all in the name of messaging.{ai:summary}To a Victorian traveler: by 2025 we carry pocket devices that let us read Shakespeare anywhere and access vast knowledge instantly.We also convey thoughts through universal symbols, even a poop emoji, replacing long letters. #technology

Oh my emoji! How smiley faces gave rise to the world’s first digital language

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