Category: Language
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Speak English? You will become poor!
A controversial theory from a Yale University behavioural economist, Keith Chen, claims that the language we speak affects our financial decision-making. [1] The differences in the use of the notion of "time" can be important, even between languages which are similar (e.g. between European languages): "If I wanted to explain to an English-speaking colleague why I…
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Hyperbolic discounting, extensive margin, rebalancing, New Thought. Or... how economic jargon reshapes Society
Competitiveness, debt hair cuts, rebalancing, debt ceiling, zombie banks, deleveraging, automatic stabalizers, extensive margin, hyperbolic discounting (1, 2), Oops (3), price caps, minimum wage... Economic jargon is something more than just a set of weird words used by weird economy people. They are a tool of re-defining society. As Orwell very intuitively put it in…
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Harmonia Philosophica kick ass
A phrase which makes you understand you are in the 21st century. Kick Ass! [1] Say it out loud. Even presidents do! Its even in the movies headlines! Language is evolving. And so do we. Less gentle. More vulgar. Or just less hypocritic? This is who we are becoming. Harmonia Philosophica kick ass!
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Ancient Greek Translation, Heidegger, Plato...
Writing means putting your thoughts into a specific framework designed by others. You must use the words and structure invented for the specific language of your choice and your ideas must be changed so as to adapt to that framework. Heidegger himself was terrified even at the thought of how much information modern day philosophers…
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