Language is a strange medium. It's partly in our ethereal thoughts, partly in our physical voice. It's partly in our own minds in the understanding and yet relies on the understanding of the Other. It's all over the place at the same time. I imagine that language as well as images and music, because they are transmitted by the internet, will change the way the world is perceived much more than grosser forces created perceptions of life for humanity in the past.
Any night is an excellent night for grooving.
Yes I think man has tried to distill emotions down to a formula. If man can quantify something they have the means to control it. Emotions for men are hard because they view it as a weakness, a character flaw. I suppose exposure of the other self, the private self leds to danger of others taking advantage of you. Prehaps this is something that evolved over the millions of years.