Phase 4: Language

The Phase Transition of Civilization

Core Question

Why is language the single biggest unlock?

/// Reading List

The Symbolic Species (Terrence Deacon)

How Language Began (Daniel Everett)

/// Interactive Works 2

4-1

Language Evolution

Interactive Experience

In Progress

Naming game emergence, Creole grammar self-organization, Sapir-Whorf thought shaping, grammaticalization archaeology — four modules on language from nothing to everything

Canvas 2D Agent Simulation

Enter Experience

4-2

Information Encoding

Interactive Experience

In Progress

Drum talk encoding, entropy calculator, writing brain, Gödel machine — four modules exploring the limits of information

Canvas 2D Web Audio

Enter Experience

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