language - Rhys Lindmark

Rhys Lindmark

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Seeing as a Human Organism

Seeing as a Human Organism

The goal of today's article is to give readers more understanding of the more recent neologisms that I use/support, especially ones that I use in the context of "systems thinking for good". Seeing Like a _______ I like the form Seeing Like a ______. It allows one

Sapir-Whorfing Yourself

Sapir-Whorfing Yourself

Unique language is a good example of "the future mindset is already here, it's just not evenly distributed yet." Today I want to focus on how to do "multi-perspective thinking" by using a find-replace mechanism with certain words. Let's check it out!

Better is Worse

Better is Worse

There's a popular(ish) concept among the Twitterati/developer community known as "Worse is Better" [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worse_is_Better]—"the idea that quality does not necessarily increase with functionality—that there is a point where less functionality ('worse') is

Different Types of Community at the MIT Media Lab

Different Types of Community at the MIT Media Lab

I'm part of a "community" working group at the MIT Media Lab. We're trying to re-imagine how academic institutions should interact with "community". However, because "community" can mean any n:n relationship, it primarily acts as a signifier. i.e.

How I Use Punctuation

How I Use Punctuation

Hmmmm. I'm not sure the best way to write about language, but I know I want to. It's nice to reflect on how one writes (compared to others). Let's start with certain punctuation styles that I use disproportionately often. Parenthesis * I often use an