https://thomasblood.com/tags/language/Recent content in Language on Cloud/AI Transformation & Enterprise StrategyHugoen-usMon, 13 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://thomasblood.com/blog/2026-04-13-the-colonized-concept/Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://thomasblood.com/blog/2026-04-13-the-colonized-concept/This essay follows The Geometry of the Unsayable, which explored how large language models think in geometric space — concepts without names, meaning without words. It extends that argument into translation: what happens when the geometry of one language is forced into the coordinate system of another. Sometime in the early centuries of the Common Era — scholars debate whether the second, third, or even fifth century — a philosopher named Patañjali composed what may be the most translated sentence in the history of contemplative practice.https://thomasblood.com/blog/2026-03-19-the-geometry-of-the-unsayable/Thu, 19 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0100https://thomasblood.com/blog/2026-03-19-the-geometry-of-the-unsayable/This essay follows On Logos — A Conversation About AI Consciousness and is part of a series exploring what AI means for human cognition and purpose, following The Default is Contribution. In 1929, René Magritte painted a pipe. Beneath it he wrote: Ceci n’est pas une pipe. This is not a pipe. He was right, of course. It is a painting of a pipe. You cannot fill it with tobacco. You cannot hold it in your hand.