how language shapes culture
essential question to consider: how can language serve as a tool for culture transformation?
by Natalie Audelo and · updated 1mo ago
how language shapes culture
- The “language” that is created from these ways of consuming impacts our actual ways of communicating as well. Eventually after enough time is spent positively or negatively grunting at things, or making these vague, silent mental connections, we lose our ability to actually articulate our feelings toward something. Plug-and-play catchphrase reactio... See more
from It’s All Sweetgreen by Mark Sabino
Natalie Audelo added 1mo ago
- At this moment in the 21st century, we see a new form of extractivism that is well underway: one that reaches into the furthest corners of the biosphere and the deepest layers of human cognitive and affective being. Many of the assumptions about human life made by machine learning systems are narrow, normative and laden with error. Yet they are ins... See more
from Anatomy of an AI System by Vladan Joler
Charlie Gedeon added 5mo ago
Natalie Audelo added 6mo ago
- How can we know whether a conceptual metaphor is doing what we want of it? What features do good alternative conceptual metaphors have in common? How can we successfully dismantle the foundational metaphor of a concept? Some harmful metaphors will be harder to free ourselves from than others; however, the most important first step is to be aware th... See more
from How changing the metaphors we use can change the way we think | Aeon Essays by Benjamin Santos Genta
Charlie Gedeon added 8mo ago
- When used properly, metaphors enhance speech. But correctly dosing the metaphorical spice in the dish of language is no easy task. They ‘must not be far-fetched, or they will be difficult to grasp, nor obvious, or they will have no effect’, as Aristotle already noted nearly 2,500 years ago.
from How changing the metaphors we use can change the way we think | Aeon Essays by Benjamin Santos Genta
Charlie Gedeon added 8mo ago
How Language Shapes Thought | Lera Boroditsky
andrea added 9mo ago
- Infrastructure might be built by hands but culture is built by tongues. The person who changes the cultural conversation is someone who is able to identify truth and describe it so others can not only understand but participate in the story as a conscious being themselves.
Natalie Audelo added 1y ago
“If we’re going to change our culture, we have to change our narrative. That’s what it comes down to. We have to change the mental model that our brains are using to make sense of the world.” —Trabian Shorters, founder of @bmecommunity Find a link in our bio to listen to Trabian’s full On Being conversation with Krista: A Cognitive Skill to Magnify Humanity. #onbeing #newsletter #summer #pause #wisdom #recommended #subscribe #spirituality #kristatippett #trabianshorters #assetframing #bmecommunity
Natalie Audelo added 1y ago
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