metonymy4u

we might suppose language evolved because of adaptive advantages. groups that could meet at a specific time to trade goods, and who could conceptualize relative valuations (“money”) grew stronger, healthier, faster and had more children. from there, inscriptions on paper generalized this function to an exponentially growing population. but somewhere along the way we learned to bow down. to worship. we forgot that at the end of the day it was the exchange of goods that directly helped us, not the conventions of sign. the word really doesn’t impress me greatly. the event, much more so.