Once I said something and people laughed. I said, “Maybe language itself was humanity’s mistake.”

It sounded foolish. How can we live without words? But what I meant was simple. Words give the reward of saying without the effort of doing. If I want to give you an apple, I should bring the apple. But with words, I can just say, “I’ll give you an apple,” and I already get some credit. The symbol replaces the act.

And from there it all started. Lies, promises, myths, religions, capitalism, governments. Parents, teachers, leaders, everyone convincing us with words more than with reality.

Later I read Nietzsche saying, “What is truth? A mobile army of metaphors.” Wittgenstein saying, “Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.” Laozi saying, “The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao.” Suddenly my “stupid” thought did not feel so stupid.

Maybe language really did twist us away from reality. That is why music feels more honest. Music does not need translation. Music does not lie.

And now the digital age has taken distortion to comedy levels. Blue ticks, statuses, emojis. “Online” but not replying. Auto-replies pretending to be presence. Silence that is no longer silence. All digital myths, as fake as the old ones. Likes, followers, engagement, the new gods.

And here comes the circus. AI already writes posts and creates images. Soon it will reply to itself, like its own posts, thank itself for sharing, forward them, and then thank itself again for forwarding. If that AI loop sounds cringey, then that is exactly what I am talking about.

Maybe my old foolish line had a point. Maybe what we need is not faster technology, but a new language. One closer to music. Closer to silence. Closer to truth.