<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Language is an instrument of classification.... > Language is an instrument of classification. Learning roots, definitions, and competing uses of important words expands the number of distinctions a person can perceive, while slogans compress complex reality into behaviorally convenient commands. **Source:** [[livestreams/Concentration, Decision, and the Recovery of Agency - Workbook|Concentration, Decision, and the Recovery of Agency]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Language is an instrument of classification. Learning roots, definitions, and competing uses of important words expands the number of distinctions a person can perceive, while slogans compress complex reality into behaviorally convenient commands.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-language-instrument-classification-behaviorally-convenient-commands ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->