Words are at best signposts for meaning — they can never do more than point at truth. The best words align people without leaving much room for misinterpretation

Unfortunately, there are also words that exist purely to align people without respect for meaning

Increasingly, I feel like “onchain” is in the latter camp

words are a trap and meaning is the fish, once you catch the fish you no longer need the trap

or something like that i recall from a chinese proverb

the words still need to "exist" out there for communication don't we? i genuinely think we are horrendous as a society relative to where we could be. so words are sooo critical imo. you probly don't disagree but just clarifying :)

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yeah, mostly, i think the most important words are the ones that no one agrees what they mean

yeah, when bad coordination costs money or lives or love ppl take language more seriously

Without words, we couldn’t coordinate. And coordination is a dire need especially these days when trust is in short supply 

That’s all the more reason to be careful and use the right words 

Pied piper coordination leads to an even worse outcome