language

The more powerful communication technologies become, the more people will fight wars over words instead of territory. Language, when wielded at scale, is among man's most powerful weapons.

andrea

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

sari

The people who get to impose their metaphors on the culture get to define what we consider to be true.

~Lakoff & Johnson

sari

Amhrán na Leabhar (Song of the Books) - LYRICS + Translation

youtu.be

ssilence

“historically, the English had banned the Irish (Gaelic) language - books in Gaelic were confiscated. Now, Gaelic history and culture is largely oral, so this effectively meant banning everything about the culture. In an attempt to try preserve the language, they loaded this ship with a ton of Gaelic books and old manuscripts filled with all kinds of knowledge. Sort of as their perceived last hope at preserving the language, which is over 2000 years old, but the ship hit a rock not far from shore and sank in full view of the people. So this song is a lament of the loss of all that knowledge and, ultimately, the culture” - Bri

the power of words: warm outbound > cold outreach

this made me think of that

sari

Sometimes you want to say things, and you’re missing an idea to make them with, and missing a word to make the idea with. In the beginning was the word. That’s how somebody tried to explain it once. Until something is named, it doesn’t exist.

alex

Names are powerful. They shape how we think — both consciously and subconsciously. Here are 10 name changes that flipped public perception:

Nathan Baugh twitter.com

sari

From Donald Knuth “The language in which we express our ideas has a strong influence on our thought processes.”

sari

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https://learnlab.org/wiki/images/1/1d/Human_Problem_Solving.pdf