Language is not just a system of symbols, but a set of practices with social and cultural significance.
The performance standard is 'Zero Defects'.
No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
The most exciting thing is when you suddenly see the solution to a problem that has been puzzling you for a long time.