Widespread ability to read and write natural language seems to've, eventually, made written constitutions not so-much "viable" but "necessary".
It's easy to forget how innovative the U.S. Constitution was for being written, content aside.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_constitutions
Definitely excited about the social implications of widespread ability to read and write executable language in the long run, note when France crossed 50% literacy though:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy#/media/File:Illiterac...
Widespread ability to read and write natural language seems to've, eventually, made written constitutions not so-much "viable" but "necessary".
It's easy to forget how innovative the U.S. Constitution was for being written, content aside.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_constitutions
Definitely excited about the social implications of widespread ability to read and write executable language in the long run, note when France crossed 50% literacy though:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy#/media/File:Illiterac...