On The Importance of Language

Language plays a critical element in the quest for getting to better together. Without the ability to share our thoughts and the meanings that we attribute to words, shared communication would be essentially impossible. Even when we are speaking the same language there are considerable difficulties in communicating exactly what meaning we are attempting to convey. When we say the word land for instance are we talking about the paddock out the back or the piece of property we own under our house? Or do we mean the nation as a whole or the entire landmass of the planet? Whenever a statement is made, be it a fact of the matter, an opinion or a wild guess, it is subject to different interpretations and even misinterpretations. We talk of information of misinformation of dis-information of mal-information of alternative truths. A very significant issue here, in our present context, is when we say better what do we mean? What constitutes better according to what criteria and who says so?