Language and Thought
Looking at the connections between the language we use and the thoughts we have
Language and Thought
björk said that trying to communicate through talking feels like trying to put the ocean through a straw
Example - Energy requirements of communication.
something my six year old said today:
a tongue has no bones but it can break hearts
a tongue has no bones but it can break hearts
sari azout • Tweet
Curse of Knowledge : The inability to communicate your ideas because you wrongly assume others have the necessary background to understand what you’re talking about.
Morgan Housel • 100 Little Ideas
Learn to simplify if you want to connect.
We often think of language as a means to an end, but rarely take the time to consider whether language in itself is influencing our thoughts, not just enabling the sharing of them.
Steph Smith • Gaining Perspective Through Untranslatable Words
Does language influence our thoughts? How can we minimize (or maximize) that influence?
There was a time in our own past when the “work ethic” would have been incomprehensible, and perhaps Weber was on to something when he tied its appearance to a religion, Calvinism, which if it emerged today instead of four centuries ago would immediately and appropriately be labeled a cult.
Bob Black • The Abolition of Work
“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.”
Our Centaur Future - A RADAR Report
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.
Mentors and friends have always warned me that employers will never care about you.
But what if that’s a story we decided was true, one that doesn’t have to be?
But what if that’s a story we decided was true, one that doesn’t have to be?
Alicia Bonner • Why do you work?
An idea kept private is as good as one you never had.
Ideas not shared are lost to time
Discipline is what the factory and the office and the store share with the prison and the school and the mental hospital.