The Language Instinct: Why Language Is Biological — The Hidden System of Thought
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
This episode explores The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker as a systems-level analysis of human language.
The discussion examines evolutionary adaptation, universal grammar, incentive structures for communication, institutional misunderstandings about language, and the hidden cognitive architecture that makes human cooperation possible.
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