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Lera Boroditsky: How Language Shapes Thought

Long Now: Seminars About Long-term Thinking

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The Order of Time

When we imagine an action it seems to go in the direction of writing. English speakers will draw that out with Bill on the left and Susie on the right. But Arabic speakers will draw it out withBill on the right andSusie on the left. Why do we think that time always travels with us? With respect to my body orientation in the moment, time is going this way but now it's going this way. Very egocentric of us, right? Time has to turn around every time I turn around. For them time stays as it should.

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