Manhood of humanity
by Alfred Korzybski · first published 1921
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That's called time-binding, and it actually predates Korzybski's coining "general semantics" in the 1930s. He wrote about it in his first book Manhood of Humanity, which is public domain[2]. 1. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_binding> 2. <https://openlibrary.org/works/OL168124W/Manhood_of_humanity?...>
on “Use Timestamps” ↗Plants are chemical-binding, animals are space-binding, humans are time-binding. Korzybski, "Manhood of Humanity" http://www.gutenberg.org/files/25457/25457-pdf.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Korzybski IIRC, he meant that plant life binds and manipulates chemicals in the immediate environment; animals…
on “The Intelligence of Earthworms” ↗