Philosophy of Language

Philosophy of Language

The Sweetness of Play: How Bees and Humans Thrive by "Beeing"

When we know who we are, we start playing. When we don’t know who we are we start acting.

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Eugene Terekhin
May 19, 2024
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A bee never knows how it makes honey. Honey is a by-product of looking for nectar. The bee is busy looking for nectar. That’s all it does. That’s what bees are about. Bees are not so much about the end product; they are primarily about the process of tasting the nectar.

Their life’s focus is on tasting. It’s what they do best. They don’t k…

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