Human Communication Is a Coordination Problem: Language Approximates, Minds Reconstruct
dejavucoder · x · 2026-08-14
A quoted tweet explores the nature of human communication: we never truly transmit thoughts, but approximate them in language, which the receiver reconstructs in a different mind. Even perfect articulation can't guarantee accurate reception. The author is fascinated by attempts to engineer better communication tools, noting each new layer creates new misunderstandings.
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