Quotes & ideas that stood out to me in the “How language shapes the way we think” TedTalk:

  1. “To have a second language is to have a second soul” –  (Does language craft reality?)
  2. “Two people can watch the same event, but end up remembering different things about that event.”
  • English speakers: He broke the vase
  • Another language: The vase broke
  • (“Language guides our reasoning about events”)