How Language Shapes the Way We Think

This week's inspiring video: How Language Shapes the Way We Think Having trouble reading this mail? View it in your browser. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe   Video of the Week Mar 28, 2024   How Language Shapes the Way We Think   There are about 7,000 languages spoken around the world -- and they all have different sounds, vocabularies and structures. But do they shape the way we think? Cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsky shares examples of language -- from an Aboriginal community in Australia that uses cardinal directions instead of left and right to the multiple words for blue in Russian -- that suggest the answer is a resounding yes. "The beauty of linguistic diversity is that it reveals to us just how ingenious and how flexible the human mind is," Boroditsky says. "Human minds have invented not one cognitive universe, but 7,000." Share:              Related KarmaTube Videos Empathy vs. Sympathy Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir Mr. Happy Man I Trust You   About KarmaTube:   KarmaTube is a collection of inspiring videos accompanied by simple actions every viewer can take. We invite you to get involved.       Other ServiceSpace Projects: DailyGood  //   Conversations  //   iJourney  //   HelpOthers MovedByLove  //  CF Sites  //  Karma Kitchen  //   More Thank you for helping us spread the good. This newsletter now reaches 42,761 subscribers.