Listen "114 The linguistics of loss"
Episode Synopsis
Join me on a journey from humanism to posthumanism with a focus on how we understand language, more-than-human communication, semiosis and information theory. We discuss Eduardo Kohn's How Forests Think, specifically his ideas about the Earth's open and emergent semiotic system, of which human meaning-making is a subset. We explore the idea of human language as a unidimensional system for organising information within the multidimensional information systems of the Earth and the cosmos. Inhabiting human language means we stay separate from the wisdom of the Earth, which makes us lost. We visit our panicky and devastating experiences of loss, recalling that the Earth offers gateways to re-belonging (sometimes in the form of psilocybin mushrooms). I ask to join in the conversations that James Glattfelder is having about idealism and information theory, especially his interview with Stuart Preston in The Consciousness Podcast. The story I read is 'Momento mori.' Check out my new free course, Grammar for Dreamers. All the grammar you need, plus a touch of mystery in under 30 minutes. Subscribe on Apple podcasts, Spotify or wherever you like to listen. Rate, review, tell your friends!
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