It gets worse. We also face coordination problems on the concepts we use to think with. In order for language to work, we need shared word definitions, so that the probabilistic model in my head when I say a word matches up with the model in your head when you heard the word. A leader isn’t just in a position to coordinate what the group does, but also which aspects of reality the group is able to think about.
It gets worse. We also face coordination problems on the concepts we use to think with. In order for language to work, we need shared word definitions, so that the probabilistic model in my head when I say a word matches up with the model in your head when you heard the word. A leader isn’t just in a position to coordinate what the group does, but also which aspects of reality the group is able to think about.