Language and Thought
Looking at the connections between the language we use and the thoughts we have
by Leo Guinan · updated 4d ago
Language and Thought
- The tough thing about getting diagnosed with something later in life is that it makes you question everything that came before it.
from TRUSTWORTHY TRUST
Leo Guinan added 4d ago
This is powerfully true and vividly felt.
- “The best way to be superhuman is to do things that you love with other people who love them, too.” - Cory Doctorow, Walkaway
from WORLDBUILDING: Multiplayer collaging the future
Leo Guinan added 7d ago
😍
- “AI will lift the ceiling, leading to more creative outputs made possible by more powerful tools; it will also lower the floor, making it easier for anyone to design and collaborate.”
from Our Centaur Future - A RADAR Report
Leo Guinan added 10d ago
When the gap between the ceiling and flow increases, the way to prevent unrest is by adding more steps between. It’s important to see clearly how to level up to the ceiling, and not only enable people who have the ability to make the leap between the existing steps. More people being able to do something shouldn’t threaten the existence of anyone currently doing the thing.
- I like the term economism . It describes how economic thinking and practice have become ingrained into all sorts of aspects of our lives, even non-economic ones. In today’s world governed by economism , everything seems to need to be measured by economic logic: am I using my time efficiently?
from Rabbit Holes 🕳️ #78
Leo Guinan added 10d ago
- Confidence is a necessary ingredient for success in any area of life. So is humility, but if you’re not careful, humility can morph into a kind of imposter syndrome that stops you in your tracks.
from (Con)fidence Man
Leo Guinan added 10d ago
Humility in actions and language can lead to imposter syndrome in thoughts
- The concept of communication is sustained, generated by technology, so really with the Internet we attain the highest limits of communication. But what I would ask is, ‘Who is it that communicates?’ Who is it? There is one terminal and then another. There are two terminals, two specific areas of abstraction which change the information. But also, a... See more
from Tweet by Remember the Future
Leo Guinan added 13d ago
Communication
- Perhaps I could lean into my weirdness and curiosity, and earn a living from a small group of similarly curious weirdos. It felt like the permission slip I needed to give it a shot.
from All that remains
Leo Guinan added 2mo ago
Sometimes we still need permission in the permissionless economy
- the thing is, as an adult, you get to make your own cool. you get to choose your own friends, live your own life. and let me tell you, in my life, where i make the rules, i am the coolest cat around.
being passionate about your hobbies is cool. asking good questions is cool. reading books is cool. taking notes is cool.
thinking of projects and then d... See morefrom “cool” - Tasshin
Leo Guinan added 2mo ago
- This viewpoint may be overly ambitious, and may even — horrors! -- be somewhat wrong, but I have observed that many good ideas start out by claiming too much territory for themselves, and eventually, when they have received their fair share of attention and respect, the air clears and it emerges that, though still grand, they are not quite so grand... See more
from Analogy as the Core of Cognition by Douglas R. Hofstadter
Leo Guinan added 2mo ago
Need to remember this