The first half of 2020 has been plagued by loss and chaos around the globe. As humans, we often try to impose order amidst chaos by building hierarchies and creating categories and divisions that offer meaning where none might be obvious. Such has certainly been the case during this moment of upheaval as we grapple with who is essential, which lives matter, and how to organize ourselves as a result. Author Lulu Miller and “On Being” host Krista Tippett talk about the problem with categories, the power of words to destroy or remake the world, and Miller’s book, ten years in the making, Why Fish Don’t Exist.