signs

1+1=2

2+2=4

but 2 2 does not equal 4

and 4 4 does not equal 8

signs play such an important role in our society.

we read signs everyday. we read them to understand what is going on in society. we read them to know what people are thinking. what is going on under the surface. from a very young age we learn to understand them and to use them. and the are necessary. there is too much information for us to absorb without the use of signs. and if we lose signs. signs of language, signs of place, signs of being, we lose meaning. and 2 and 2 do not beome eight. they just stay 2 and 2.