Here&#x27;s one argument you can use against icon advocates: &quot;The ancient Egyptians already tried hieroglyphics.  They didn&#x27;t work.  What makes you think they will this time?&quot;<p>Still waiting for a good answer to this one.  When someone does successfully counter it, I imagine the rebuttal will involve Chinese pictograms or something else that has worked well for a while but isn&#x27;t likely to survive the next thousand years.