Ludwig Wittgenstein

Somewhere right now, in a conference room with bad lighting and worse coffee, someone is saying the phrase “let us leverage our synergies to move the needle on our core competencies.” And somewhere in that same room, someone else is nodding along while having absolutely no idea what was just said. This is not a […]

Here is a thought that might ruin your afternoon in the best possible way: what if a significant portion of your anxiety is not a chemical event, not a psychological deficiency, not a trauma response, but a confusion about language? That sounds absurd. Maybe even offensive. You feel the tightness in your chest, the spiraling

Here is a strange idea. What if the thing making you miserable is not your childhood, not your boss, not the economy, and not your ex? What if it is your sentences? Ludwig Wittgenstein, the Austrian philosopher who gave away a family fortune and spent years tormenting himself over the meaning of meaning, believed something