Look to William Burroughs, Word is a Virus
“My basic theory is that the written word was actually a virus,” he once said, “that made the spoken word possible. The word has not been recognized as a virus because it has achieved a state of stable symbiosis with the host…” (from The Job, 1974)Posted on 2009-02-23 22:09:54 -0500 by Anonymous
also see Laurie Anderson’s
Language is a Virus
Posted on 2009-03-02 16:00:10 -0500 by Anonymous