TLDR: we are at a remove from making, doing, being and the English language of today reflects it
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The video effectively uses a popular data visualization website ("The Pudding") to explore a relatable topic (language evolution) with compelling data, making abstract concepts accessible and engaging for a broad audience.
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The video discusses how the English language has evolved, referencing data from "The Pudding" website that compares essential word lists from 1953 and 2023. It highlights shifts from concrete, tangible words to more abstract concepts, reflecting societal changes and a move towards a more systemic and less self-contained worldview.
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I think what’s so amazing to me about this (beyond the incredible animation and storytelling) is the quantifiability of what we all *feel,* like we feel intuitively this change, this remove from the physical and a falling deeper into immaterial life but it’s often hard to grasp or articulate. Knowing our language reflects this change is both lowkey dark and also really valuable? God I love The Pudding, genuinely some of the best work online I swear!!! #thepudding #data #language #making #thinking