Building Worlds

We "build worlds" through communication by speaking about the world. Once we start speaking about the world and pass that information on, then we soon begin to believe that is how the world works without thinking twice or questioning the information given to us. Some ideas that we talk about in our culture that may not exist in other cultures is the idea of the "American Dream." Our culture teaches us that through hard work and dedication, everyone will be able to get an education, get married, find "the" job, have a nice house with a white picket fence, and live happily ever after.

I think these concepts contribute to our success by creating an idea to strive for. Since we speak about the world in a certain way, we see it in the same way without thinking twice, and in doing so, strive to make it the way we talk about so much. Like the American Dream. We talk about it, we don't question it, and we work our lives away trying to obtain it.