I know this is something we have been struggling with, finding a common vocabulary rather it is CodeBook, Research, or a new workflow process. This is a fascinating read, I think the medium was genius as well, they have a live chat. I am partially through but find much to resonate with in this person’s comment’s below:
“In my world, personal and cultural perception is what defines the underlying context of a language as a mean of communication. What we hear or understand from a language is our learned making perception, personal and cultural, and the underlying connection of that perception is emotional in one way or another. We try to communicate what we perceive in our world and people agree or disagree depending on how their perception lies closer or not in our own perception. What I have observed is that the underlying context of a dialogue and communication is fed by emotion hence the reaction on something said a certain way. There is an underling current in human communication that creates either conflict or agreement. I think that the individuality of who each person is is distinctive on its own. What we seek is agreement on our perception or rather an understanding on a human level. “
Some other interesting comments:
“I don’t believe it would help all that much. Miscommunication is mostly a matter of interpretation in our minds, not difference in vocabulary…. As far as one language, the argument has repeatedly been made that we would lose a lot of color and expressiveness if the human race had one language. I have to agree, especially since the benefit is only an attempt to correct symptoms of a much deeper underlying cause: that differences in ideas are about the psychology of our interpretations.”
It makes me wonder if a graphic language is the best common ground? Many people in the feed note that isn’t for a lack of words we can’t communicate, it is our difference of interpretation. Sketch removes some of the interpretation. It would be interesting to see if everyone’s vocabulary, or sketching ability, wasn’t the same if the power of sketching would still be as powerful to convey an ideas. Is the medium for communication so powerful it could transcend our shortcomings with a pen?
Maybe the Egyptians had it right, maybe hieroglyphs are a better way of communicating. How different might things be if that was the basis of our written language?
