Kris and I continue our discussion of language and its roots in creating a thought matrix for maintaining tribal stability.

We talk about Facebook’s name change to “Meta,” how to survive the coming metaverse, reading media from other countries, “the unspeakable visions of the individual,” the connection of villages in Papua New Guinea, words as magic, and the way that language takes on a life of its own when separated from its web.

Also: David made up a riddle and a story about Kris’s new neighbors. Kris gives us a practical tip about dealing with violence and a dream about 

Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell

Deductive vs. Inductive vs. Abductive reasoning