Episode 66 A more welcoming world
Structured Visions
English - August 26, 2021 04:30 - 47 minutes - 33.4 MBPhilosophy Society & Culture Science Social Sciences creativity language linguistics socialjustice society Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Is an enlightened society a society without language? This episode explores what starlings can teach us about selves, the space that surrounds the experience of being, and how to create a more welcoming world.
The story I discuss in this episode is called ‘The end of language’.
The hack I mention for finding the subject and verb of a clause is called the question-tag probe. Here’s a video on how to use it to find the subject, and here’s one on how to find the verb.
Have you ever seen a starling murmuration? Watch this video from the RSPB, and be prepared to be amazed (or even, enlightened).
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