We each express ideas and assumptions that are built on other existing ideas and assumptions.
Our language and thoughts are an elaborate architecture that would not be what they are without the previous usage decisions of people we’ve never met.
The individual impact of our choice of words may not be so great, but the cumulative impact, over time, certainly can be. In fact, our entire social norms might shift as words or ideas that were formerly seen as mainstream become marginalized and unacceptable, or vice versa.
Source: https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/are-we-done-fighting/201905/how-language-can-polarize-us
Our language and thoughts are an elaborate architecture that would not be what they are without the previous usage decisions of people we’ve never met.
The individual impact of our choice of words may not be so great, but the cumulative impact, over time, certainly can be. In fact, our entire social norms might shift as words or ideas that were formerly seen as mainstream become marginalized and unacceptable, or vice versa.
Source: https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/are-we-done-fighting/201905/how-language-can-polarize-us
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