I think what we need to understand is that we are inherently dependent on mistakes create a great understanding of what there is. Without mistakes, we will not be allowed, or able in any way, to progress. And i would say that these platforms are not designed to allow that kind of progress To happen. These platforms are designed to provoke, to engage intensely. Most engagement is caused by provocation and most people mistake attention for relevance. I'm just saying it's not incentivid to have that kind of discourse. That is also, would advocate to create these spaces ourselves,. either a in our neighborhoods, in schools, at university, but also on national t v and r r main string programms
Language is expressive, a way of opening doors or a tool for creating new dialogue. But a tool so powerful can also take us to unforeseen or unintended places. It can create narratives that become fixed, unhelpful, or exclusionary. Kübra Gümüsay is a writer and activist focusing on social justice and public discourse. Her new book is Speaking and Being, which looks at the power of words, asking whether language creates freeing new spaces or plays a part in walling them off. Our host for the discussion is Danielle Sands, Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature and Culture at Royal Holloway University in London, where she works across disciplines bridging philosophy, literary studies and critical theory.
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