Brussels Society for General Semantics

A continuously open party of Brussels-based time-binders. Join or rejoin us at your time of choice.

[Brussels Society for General Semantics @GenSemanticsEU]

Corey Anton @InstituteofGS @GVSchoolofCOM interviewed by Iran Daily @IranDailyWeb regarding his recent book ‘How Non-being Haunts Being: On Possibilities, Morality, and Death Acceptance’, published by Fairleigh Dickinson University Press.

https://t.co/aJVdZqdvZO

[Lance Strate @LanceStrate]

I made an appearance in this short documentary from last year, and was pleased to learn that it will be premiering at the SUNYWide Film Festival <https://t.co/IXVFsYDIO7> this upcoming weekend!
https://t.co/b3mKdmBg24

[Brussels Society for General Semantics @GenSemanticsEU]

Quote from Richard Feynman curated by the Citizen @citizen celebrating his 14 years on Twitter... “I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.” #generalsemantics

[Brussels Society for General Semantics @GenSemanticsEU]

Inspiring article on uncertainty vs certainty in forecasting and why we need more foxes. @jemimajoanna @citizen
In uncertain times, certainty is over-rated and over-rewarded https://t.co/Iv4ClVeai2

[The Institute of General Semantics @InstituteofGS]

IGS announces the dates for the 68th Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and the Two-Day General Semantics Symposium. Info: https://t.co/25HtH1R6q9

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

If the number 666 is considered evil, then technically, 25.8069758 is the root of all evil.

[Brussels Society for General Semantics @GenSemanticsEU]

When it comes to communicating emotion, differences across languages are larger than similarities. A systematic study from Science Magazine.

https://t.co/nf53md2hI6

[Brussels Society for General Semantics @GenSemanticsEU]

"People are disturbed not by things, but by the view they take of them." Epictetus

👉 There was at least one general semantician in classic Rome/Greece.

[Brussels Society for General Semantics @GenSemanticsEU]

An amazing project from the last century that no-one would ever consider undertaking in today's Nietzschean/quantum era.

[The sounds of C @citizen]

What are the 103 ideas that shape(d) humanity? A project from the 50s tried to formulate this answer, through analysing great works of literature and philosophy:

https://t.co/IhNg8iSWN4

#GeneralSemantics #philosophy #literature #greatideas

[Brussels Society for General Semantics @GenSemanticsEU]

Laura Shields @mediawhizz at ‘Power and perils of narratives’ #EuroPCom - Europe needs to be creative on creating and delivering metaphors.

[Brussels Society for General Semantics @GenSemanticsEU]

Do not apply labels unto others as you don't want others to apply labels unto you.

The Confucian or Christian version of General Semantics.

[Neil Andersen @mediasee]

Agreed!
Please listen to Mediacy on @voicEdcanada where @arc3 & @mediasee invite listeners to enjoy & think about our fascinating mediated lives.
15 episodes archived 'for your listening pleasure.'
'More to come...' this fall, including @julinilsmith on sharing data.
@A_M_L_

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

If you asked me: "which industry presents the greatest environmental threat, oil or media?", I would say "the media". Every day it misdirects us. Every day it tells us that issues of mind-numbing irrelevance are more important than the collapse of our life support systems.

[PowerMechGuy @PowerMechGuy]

I've decided to honor any 3D printing failure that shows great potential for the arts. Because art... never fails. This one is titled Magnificent Tangle. #3DPrinting #Art

[Brussels Society for General Semantics @GenSemanticsEU]

Good video lecture by Lance Strate @LanceStrate on Media Ecology As An Approach to Understanding the Human Condition
#mediaecology #generalsemantics #neilpostman
https://t.co/cPjSzzp9PO

[Brussels Society for General Semantics @GenSemanticsEU]

Considering that most of today's webpages, pdfs or jpgs will not survive the 21st century, is our capability for time-binding actually increasing in the digital age? #GeneralSemantics

[ClimateMuseumUK @ClimateMuseumUK]

Thanks for your alternative words ideas @GeorgeMonbiot If it's OK I'm going to use them in an activity for @ClimateMuseumUK - inviting people to match and make new suggestions. I've made this to summarise your tweets.

[Brussels Society for General Semantics @GenSemanticsEU]

If only we could understand without words!

"... as for the man who understands without words, what need has he of words?" ~ Rumi

#GeneralSemantics #Rumi #Hayakawa