Umbhali waseIreland kunye nomculi uJames Joyce, waziwa kakhulu ngenoveli yakhe ebalaseleyo ethi Ulysses, wafumanisa iimpawu zokungaphumeleli kwiminyaka yokuqala yobomi bakhe njengombhali. Kwaqala ngo 1904 ngesincoko esimalunga nokukhula kwakhe njengegcisa nombhali obizwa ngokuba nguMfanekiso wegcisa. Walufaka upapasho kodwa lwakhatywa ngokuphindaphindiweyo. Emva kokuphoxeka kokuqala waqala kwinoveli entsha. Emva kokubhala 900 amaphepha wagqiba kwelokuba iqhelekile kwaye yatshabalalisa uninzi lombhalo-ngqangi. Waqala phantsi kwakhona kwaye wachitha iminyaka elishumi ebhala inoveli awathi ekugqibeleni wayibiza ngokuba nguMzobo weGcisa njengoMntu oMtsha.. Xa wapapasha inguqulelo epheleleyo kwi 1916, waye wanconywa njengomnye wababhali abatsha abathembisayo kulwimi lwesiNgesi. UJoyce uvakalisa izifundo azifundileyo ngendlela emangalisayo nesicatshulwa sakhe esithi ‘Iimpazamo zomntu ngamasango akhe okufunyanwa’. Kwaye akuzange kube ngamabona-ndenzile umhlobo kaJoyce, Ugxa wakhe ongumbhali kunye nembongi uSamuel Beckett uchaze esinye isifundo esimangalisayo sokuzifundela ngokwakho malunga nokusilela: ‘Ukuba ligcisa kukungaphumeleli, njengoko kungekho wumbi unokungaphumeleli… Zama kwakhona. Ayiphumelelanga kwakhona. Woyisakala ngcono.’ Ezi zifundo zobomi zasekuqaleni kwenkulungwane yama-20 zibonakala zixhaphakile yaye zingumxholo obalaseleyo kumaxesha ethu azaliswe ziziphithiphithi.. Ilizwe lethu eliqhagamshelwe kwihlabathi liphela kunye nobuchwepheshe balo obutsha benza intetho yoyilo ifikeleleke kumakhulu ezigidi zabantu. Kukho ngaphezu 100 iiblogi ezizigidi namhlanje, kunye 120,000 ezintsha ziyadalwa qho 24 iiyure. Ngeekhamera zexabiso eliphantsi, isoftware yokuhlela kunye neewebhusayithi ezifana neYou Tube, I-Facebook kunye ne-E-bay, wonke umntu unokudala, buzz, ukuthengisa kunye nokuthengisa indalo yabo. Abantu abaninzi kunangaphambili banokuthatha inxaxheba, ukwabelana, sebenzisana kunye nokudala. Kwisandle esinye, uqhagamshelo lwethu lwehlabathi lwenza kube lula ukuphonononga umhlaba ongaqhelekanga kwaye ufumane inkuthazo entsha yeentetha zethu zoyilo. Kodwa kwelinye icala, kungathatha inzame eyongezelelweyo ukugqama ngokwenyani kwisihlwele kwaye wenze into entsha nenentsingiselo. Ukuba ngumnqweno wakho ukuya ngaphaya kwesiqhelo, unokufuna ukuzama ngakumbi, thatha imingcipheko yokudala ngakumbi kwaye wenze ukusilela ngakumbi kunangaphambili.