Learning Language
imitation or understanding? Language is a subconscious process that, just like any skill, has to be developed and enriched with time. From birth, infants acquire verbal abilities through rhythmic, mirrored syllables, until distinctions clarify; at which point, short one-word exclamations are used for functionality, i.e. “milk,” or “doggy.” These words are often overworked, overextended, and…
Outsmarting My Smartphone
“I worry, sometimes, that in some afterlife, I’ll be forced to watch myself from my phone’s perspective: some years-long montage of all the moments where my mouth was half open, where my finger gluttonously typed, where carpal tunnel blossomed, while behind my head: life whooshed by” – PJ Vogt, Search Engine I’ve wondered about similarly…
Emotional Whiplash: The Unseen Cost
The capacity of our attention spans has been slowly chipping away. This is not a new concern. It has been a source of anxiety since the earliest days of the internet. But what was once a slow erosion has accelerated ninefold in the short-form era. The mindless rhythm of endless scrolling, paired with the easy…
A Cultural Lexicon in the Digital Sphere
“An affix is a linguistic or physical element attached to something else. It generally refers to a letter or group of letters added to a root word to change its meaning, or the physical act of sticking or fastening one object to another” – Merriam Webster A productive affix is one that can still be slapped onto new…
The Avoidance Epidemic
Every Instagram Reel has seemingly turned into short, witty text snippets declaring a hatred for the modern dating with a distinct sense of certainty and nihilism. Scrolling social media in a digital sphere infested with unseen levels of avoidance made me question whether anyone actually likes relationships anymore, but I think the problem is much…
