<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Names carry histories into the present. Before a... > Names carry histories into the present. Before a word is allowed to govern perception, ask which experience it compresses, which distinctions it hides, and which future responses it makes more likely. **Source:** [[livestreams/Attention Loops and the Patterns That Shape Perception - Workbook|Attention Loops and the Patterns That Shape Perception]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Names carry histories into the present. Before a word is allowed to govern perception, ask which experience it compresses, which distinctions it hides, and which future responses it makes more likely.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-names-carry-histories-responses-makes-likely ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->