Jasmine Chapman, Author at The Orbital

Jasmine Chapman on the constraints of language and how important it really is when communicating with others. Stop a second. Think about language, the thing which sets us humans apart from other beings of the world. The one thing, apart from our bendy thumbs, which makes us a level higher. I also ask you to think about how we think. We may be quick to dismiss the idea of reflecting on our freedom, for it is obvious that we have it. This is because as long as we enjoy life, our needs are fulfilled. Therefore, our level of freedom is of no interest to us, but is human freedom limited by the thing that makes us so prestige? Language evades our mind as well as our communication with others meaning that we may not be as free as we think. Have you ever thought that we a...

A world of war is easily forgotten when you’re not living amongst it. A world of political squabble makes it easy to tune out. A world of environmental corruption provides a routine to abuse the natural world. We all make these excuses. Leonardo DiCaprio, by giving up his only Oscar winning speech where he could have thanked his “supportive” family or made a joke about the iconic memes made of him, instead bored the world with a warning about the environment. But what he says is true, humans are knowingly destroying the Earth. As humanity grew careless towards the environment, with the mass emergence of industrialisation, there was a severe increase in the threats to humans. We say that such things are normal because they aid our daily lives. This is essentially a...

Author: Jasmine Chapman

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“We’re Knowingly Doing This”