Writing on the other hand is the static version (a force of preservation).
First and foremost, never before has humankind used language primarily as a written means. Yes, writing has been prevalent for centuries, but only in our modern digital age has the majority of our communication shifted from oral to written. Talk is the dynamic version of language (the kind that mutates regularly through games of telephone, analogous to our genetic code mutating through successive generations). Writing on the other hand is the static version (a force of preservation).