I wonder how it would change society if our language didn't have any normative language in it ("People should do X"), and instead we were forced to rely on conditional predictions ("If people do X, I predict Y will happen")
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This would totally stunt much of our social technology. Normative statements are not in general replaceable with an equivalent but "less spooky" descriptive one
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Nerd communities that are built on mutual respect for autonomy and shared preference of outcome seem to work extremely well. Friction mostly happens at the interface with normies.
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