Meaning as signification, the entire apparatus of rational analysis that treats the world as a text to be read. It is, to borrow from Iain McGilchrist, left-brain thinking .

I think this ending, intentionally or not, points to the way out.

Because meaning in the way that we normally use it, and certainly in the way that I’m using it, is almost... See more

Creating meaning is how we solve the problem of deciding what to do and why. Machines may be good at figuring out how to achieve a given outcome, but so far only humans can decide that a particular outcome means something and is therefore worth doing.