Siderea, Sibylla BostoniensisMar 9
The next time somebody disparages "labels" and says they are unnecessary I am going to hunt them down and force them to have a discussion about small business finances with a psychotherapist who does not know, will not use, and refuses to learn any proper business, accounting, labor, or tax terminology.
Show threadAriadne Conill 🐰Mar 9

@siderea labels are both necessary (e.g. to provide common language) but also overindexed.

i have seen too many people fall into the trap of defining their core identity through labels, then contorting their behaviors and beliefs to fit the identity they constructed for themselves with labels

Show threadGraydon

@ariadne We could teach people that taxonomy is not reality.

I suspect that would be more productive, especially if we threw in some approaches for selecting which taxonomy solves the problem.

I mean, we could stop it with prescriptive norms, too, but one thing at a time.
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Show threadAriadne Conill 🐰Mar 10

@graydon @siderea i don't even think that is needed, simply that people need to understand that life has more depth than can be described by taxonomy alone.

but at the same time, labels do help people find community, which can lead to more depth.