Great piece, as usual!. Neither message nor medium: So true! Thanks for sharing this and above all, for the sliver of hope and optimism drawn between the lines at the very end.
Is that a hint of hope I detect at the end there? A sense that there is a path to true living even within (or because of) the constraints the modern world places upon us?
Language is the most powerful technology Humanity has ever created. Our ability to use symbols and vocal utterances to convey complex meanings is unparalleled anywhere else in the Universe. To change someones mind with a forceful argument is to fundamentally change their relationship with reality in some way. Cults of all kinds prove this to be true every day. The lack of respect for the power of words is a big part of why the world is so messed up right now. Truth in the public square needs to be paramount or society will collapse. You cannot build anything of value on a foundation of lies and hypocrisy.
We in many ways haven’t changed from public hanging mobs. In any case this was excellent . I was like I’m w two of them and when it was over you were on point w everything . Nice job
Great piece, as usual!. Neither message nor medium: So true! Thanks for sharing this and above all, for the sliver of hope and optimism drawn between the lines at the very end.
Is that a hint of hope I detect at the end there? A sense that there is a path to true living even within (or because of) the constraints the modern world places upon us?
Language is magic. It is through words and labels we create our world. Good piece this!
Language is the most powerful technology Humanity has ever created. Our ability to use symbols and vocal utterances to convey complex meanings is unparalleled anywhere else in the Universe. To change someones mind with a forceful argument is to fundamentally change their relationship with reality in some way. Cults of all kinds prove this to be true every day. The lack of respect for the power of words is a big part of why the world is so messed up right now. Truth in the public square needs to be paramount or society will collapse. You cannot build anything of value on a foundation of lies and hypocrisy.
We in many ways haven’t changed from public hanging mobs. In any case this was excellent . I was like I’m w two of them and when it was over you were on point w everything . Nice job