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Open Dialogue // The Power of Language is on Sat, Nov 14 · 2:00 p.m. at Northern Commons in Saint Paul. Times shown in local Saint Paul time.

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Open Dialogue // The Power of Language takes place at Northern Commons, 308 E Prince St Ste 246, St Paul, MN 55101, USA, Saint Paul, MN, Saint Paul, MN, Saint Paul.

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Open Dialogue // The Power of Language

Name: Open Dialogue // The Power of Language
Start: 2026-11-14T20:00:00.000Z
Location: Northern Commons

Sat, Nov 14 · 2:00 p.m.CST

Northern Commons · Saint Paul

Can every human experience be described in words? And how much does language shape what we're able to experience? Language allows us to make distinctions, recognize patterns, and share meaning. Metap…

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Sat, Nov 14 · 2:00 p.m.CST

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Northern Commons308 E Prince St Ste 246, St Paul, MN 55101, USA, Saint Paul, MN, Saint Paul, MN

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Date and time: Sat, Nov 14 · 2:00 p.m.CST — local Saint Paul time
Location: Northern Commons308 E Prince St Ste 246, St Paul, MN 55101, USA, Saint Paul, MN, Saint Paul, MNSaint Paul

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Can every human experience be described in words? And how much does language shape what we're able to experience?

Language allows us to make distinctions, recognize patterns, and share meaning. Metaphors are especially powerful: we understand time as something we *spend*, arguments as things we *win*, and organizations as *machines* or *living systems*. Each way of speaking brings certain possibilities into focus while leaving others in the background.

Drawing on cognitive science and complexity thinking, we'll explore the relationship between language, perception, and meaning-making. What does language make possible? What might it obscure? And can changing the words we use change the worlds we inhabit?

This conversation will be free-form, which means it might meander into adjacent topics. No need to prepare or bring anything but your curiosity and an open mind.