The author reflects on being a 'glyph-breaker'—a term suggesting a passion for deciphering ancient, undeciphered writings like Linear A. While he has not achieved breakthroughs akin to historical figures like Champollion, his dedication endures. He expresses a sense of paradox, recognizing the challenges of poorly documented scripts, which are frustrating yet fascinating. Despite considerable failures and the apparent end of major decipherments, he continues his research using cryptanalytic and computational tools at institutions in Singapore and China, aiming to unlock the mysteries of ancient languages.
The age of the great decipherments is, in all likelihood, over. What remains are poorly documented writing systems like Linear A, which are puzzles and possibly unsolvable.
Despite failure as a glyph-breaker, I continue researching undeciphered scripts like Linear A using novel cryptanalytic and computational approaches.
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