How did you learn how to use the word "I"?
Is there something to get right in describing yourself?
Human language emerged to help us navigate and manipulate our environments. Language is a great tool for this purpose and gets us into trouble when we try to use it for other purposes, such as describing each other and ourselves. “Grass is green” and “I am sad” are two sentences that have very similar structures, but we shouldn’t let that similar struct…
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