# General Intelligence and the Evolution of Language

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## Metadata
- Author: [[Carlos E. Perez]]
- Full Title: General Intelligence and the Evolution of Language
- Category: #articles
- URL: https://medium.com/intuitionmachine/general-intelligence-and-the-evolution-of-language-bb10ce39679a

## Highlights
- We focus too much on the forest but always overlook the trees. Our reductionist habits are biased towards simplicity. We achieve simplicity by removing context from the equation.
- To understand complex things, you have to understand the motivations of why these things were constructed.