… and the word was, “RUN!” or, “HIDE!” or, “STAY!” Totally makes sense that history started with a word, else what could be told to others? This is not focused on making sounds, but a communicative language. A recent genomic study places human divergence driving language somewhere 135,000 years past. Based on what the genomics data indicate…
A recent post on Marcus Aurelius and change found another emperor / ruler talking about change – … mostly the same sentiment. Wikipedia has this to say about the book. “In all of my universe I have seen no law of nature, unchanging and inexorable. This universe presents only changing relationships which are sometimes seen…
In a recently published academic paper that I cannot now find nor fully remember, the author focused on the metaphor change from “Global Warming” to “Climate Change”. They asserted that that simple metaphor change was introduced initially as a compromise to “deniers”; that metaphor change, either intentionally or not, reduced angst, urgency and sadly, human…
A recent post from a very unlikely source – ArtNet – cracked me up. The subject, the slaying of a 7-headed snake-like figure, is critically important for us mythology followers in the west – especially those who see truth in the Bible that has nothing to do w/ Christianity. This was a great example of…
