Accept. Block. Confirm. Deny. Comment. Upload. Download. Follow. Unfollow. Like. Unlike.
Simple commands. That’s how an internet savvy in the 21st century get to manipulate the world with just a one click. With a simple command, an instant result follows. Life is such a breeze with them around.
Their ancestry may be traced back from the complex programming languages with codes which are only known to those who have a direct access of the computer anatomy. However, in the span of less than two decades, these one-word commands have made and are still making the world smaller and smaller by the day. With them, more and more people are changing the world— making and breaking it in seconds.
“Let there be light,” God said and there was light.
The world was created out of words. Words which came from The Divine, from The Almighty.
Upload video, and there was Youtube.
Confirm request, and there was Facebook.
Tweet, and there were Followers.
Send, and there was Reply.
It’s amazing how we’ve become gods. We have created an entirely new and different world out of words too!
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Impressive as it seems, the role by which language plays in the constant evolution of the world and its people ironically puts up an interesting vantage point.
Most, if not all, languages in the world have imperatives. Words that indicate a command, request, and/or order. The world wide web is a basket-full of imperatives. It feeds on our response in every click.
Imperatives are indeed aporetic.
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...and there was flood...a deluge...of complex binary codes...HTML...CSS....building upon each other a tower called Babel...which was later on destroyed...making confusing language...languages that led to misunderstandings....
ReplyDeleteIndeed...language is aporetic....
Nicely woven piece here! ;-)