The Absurdity of Abstract Words, THE MISCOMMUNICATION TRILOGY, “The Entropy of Communication, Vol. II”, Part 26

The Empire of Concepts: How Abstract Words Rule the Modern World Human beings live surrounded by words they cannot see, touch, hear, smell, or taste. Concepts such as freedom, justice, democracy, equality, identity, progress, truth, security, and authority shape governments, institutions, economies, cultures, and personal lives. Entire societies are organized around abstract terms that possess immense influence despite the fact that their definitions remain constantly disputed. How did language acquire such power, and what happens when concepts become more important than the realities they claim to describe? The Absurdity of Abstract Words explores the rise of abstraction as one of the defining characteristics of modern communication. Drawing on philosophy, linguistics, psychology, cognitive science, semiotics, rhetoric, communication theory, media studies, and artificial intelligence research, this volume investigates the hidden structures that govern contemporary discourse. It examines how abstract concepts emerge from sensory experience, how they evolve into symbolic systems, and how they eventually begin to shape human perception, social organization, and political life. At the center of the book is the idea of the planned obsolescence of language. In an age of constant information, words are increasingly revised, replaced, expanded, and reinterpreted. New vocabularies emerge while older concepts disappear. Public debates often revolve around terminology rather than reality itself. As communication accelerates, language becomes increasingly detached from direct experience and increasingly dependent upon symbolic frameworks that operate according to their own internal logic. Through discussions of metaphor, metonymy, naming practices, visual cognition, embodied thought, social power, symbolic authority, ideological language, and machine-generated communication, the book reveals how abstraction functions as both a tool of understanding and a source of confusion. It shows how concepts can illuminate reality while simultaneously obscuring it, creating intellectual structures that both explain and distort human experience. Rather than treating abstract language as a purely linguistic issue, this work presents it as a cultural, philosophical, and civilizational challenge. It argues that the future of communication depends upon maintaining a connection between concepts and lived experience, between symbols and observation, and between language and the world it seeks to represent. Provocative, interdisciplinary, and intellectually ambitious, The Absurdity of Abstract Words invites readers to enter the hidden world of concepts and discover how abstract language has become one of the most powerful forces shaping modern civilization.