Let’s describe this unique skill of creating 3D models and simulations in our mind’s eye as our ability to create a “personal virtual reality” or Personal VR. In order to share with others what we are experiencing inside ourselves, we have developed a series of protocols to communicate it. But in order to share, we must reduce and degrade our native spatial understanding of the world. In the process of sharing, our Personal VR loses fidelity, nuance, and context that simply cannot be captured effectively in other mediums. Language was the first major protocol used for communicating our
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