"I don’t just mean to say that there’s a problem with all the weapons grade slang Gen Z and Gen Alpha are introducing to the lexicon.

I mean, yeah, that’s a huge problem, but that’s not what I’m getting at here.

I mean that language is being re-calibrated to alter reality itself.

Language is the most direct, most conceptually useful technology we have to convey meaning. We’re not telepaths. We use words. We tell stories. We describe, we detail, we define.

But I’ve noticed this thing creeping in, where the way we talk is actually being weaponized to strip away meaning."

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