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Sep
30
2026

The Words Our Machines Cannot Find

When English needed several phrases to describe an experience, a Yoruba commenter offered one expression. Following that expression revealed what can happen when meaning travels across languages but the systems meant to retrieve it cannot follow.

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Toni Morgan

Culture & Institutions

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10 min read

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Sep
30
2026

The Words Our Machines Cannot Find

When English needed several phrases to describe an experience, a Yoruba commenter offered one expression. Following that expression revealed what can happen when meaning travels across languages but the systems meant to retrieve it cannot follow.

by:

Toni Morgan

Culture & Institutions

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1 min read

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The Words Our Machines Cannot Find

When English needed several phrases to describe an experience, a Yoruba commenter offered one expression. Following that expression revealed what can happen when meaning travels across languages but the systems meant to retrieve it cannot follow.

by:

Toni Morgan

Culture & Institutions

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1 min read

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Jul
30
2025

How Do People Learn Judgment in Systems They Didn't Build?

Most of us are expected to exercise good judgment inside systems we did not build, do not control, and cannot fully see. If judgment develops through observation, feedback, and shared practice, then helping people “know better” is not only an individual responsibility. It is a design challenge.

by:

Toni Morgan

Culture & Institutions

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10 min read

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Jul
30
2025

How Do People Learn Judgment in Systems They Didn't Build?

Most of us are expected to exercise good judgment inside systems we did not build, do not control, and cannot fully see. If judgment develops through observation, feedback, and shared practice, then helping people “know better” is not only an individual responsibility. It is a design challenge.

by:

Toni Morgan

Culture & Institutions

/

1 min read

/

How Do People Learn Judgment in Systems They Didn't Build?

Most of us are expected to exercise good judgment inside systems we did not build, do not control, and cannot fully see. If judgment develops through observation, feedback, and shared practice, then helping people “know better” is not only an individual responsibility. It is a design challenge.

by:

Toni Morgan

Culture & Institutions

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1 min read

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Views expressed here are my own and do not represent Salesforce or any current or former employer.