language
"Once you can express yourself, you can tell the world what you want from it. All the changes in the world, for good or evil, were first brought about by words." –Jackie O.
The world is built by those who can think, but it is ran by those who can articulate.
Love bombing, gaslighting, and the problem with pathologising dating talk
James Greigdazeddigital.com
The fact the catchphrase is “tax the rich” and not “help the poor” is telling.
From Donald Knuth “The language in which we express our ideas has a strong influence on our thought processes.”

a beautiful passage from sublime’s innaugural zine on why language matters, in the context of building a different web.

björk said that trying to communicate through talking feels like trying to put the ocean through a straw