language
a beautiful passage from sublime’s innaugural zine on why language matters, in the context of building a different web.
Words shape our ideas, how we see the world, and how we relate to one another. As design teacher and researcher Anne Galloway says:
Language makes it possible for us to navigate places and relationships; to express needs and requirements; t... See more
“Language doesn’t just make things—it assembles, cobbles together, entire worlds and all the relations within.”
Language makes it possible for us to navigate places and relationships; to express needs and requirements; t... See more
Nicole Fenton • Words as Material
From Donald Knuth “The language in which we express our ideas has a strong influence on our thought processes.”
Babelification is the process by which, after splintering, insular digital groups develop unique languages which makes reintegration in shared digital spaces difficult, if not impossible. When someone believes their insular language in online echo chambers is commonplace reality, clashes ensue when that same individual is placed in a context where ... See more
Untranslatable
untranslatable.co
an online dictionary of idioms and expressions contributed by native speakers all over the world
The world is built by those who can think, but it is ran by those who can articulate.
björk said that trying to communicate through talking feels like trying to put the ocean through a straw