The Leverage Of Language

17 Nov 2023 · 1 min

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Speaker A argues that earning is tied to the value created, not the difficulty of work, using contrasts between physical labor (carrying bricks, hammering nails, truck driving) and communication. The speaker claims that effective language and communication can create large economic value by moving masses and generating cash flow, and asserts (philosophically) that only spiritual beings have language.

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How could it be possible that talking makes you more money than hammering nails or carrying bricks? Carrying bricks is way harder. Hammering nails is way harder. How is it possible that somebody who talks makes exponentially more money than somebody who drives a truck across the country? Driving a truck across the country is way harder because you don't get paid based on the level of difficulty of the work you do. You get paid based on the level of value of the work you're doing. Delivering on.
And see when you can communicate, you can create messages that move the masses. You can have conversations that create cash flow. And guess what is interesting about language? Communication? Only spiritual beings have language.