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- Jan 2016
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cristal.inria.fr cristal.inria.fr
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The word, in the end, is the only system of encoding
Word not fungible
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- Dec 2015
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www.gutenberg.org www.gutenberg.org
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mendicancy
the condition of being a beggar
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- Oct 2015
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christmind.info christmind.info
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perspicacity
Perspicacity is a penetrating discernment—a clarity of vision or intellect which provides a deep understanding and insight.
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- Aug 2015
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nkjemisin.com nkjemisin.com
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geodesic
adjective. "of, relating to, or denoting the shortest possible line between two points on a sphere or other curved surface". via Google
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- Apr 2015
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opentextbc.ca opentextbc.ca
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the educational affordances of the medium
key word
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- Dec 2014
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www.theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com
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the author and Harvard professor
Interesting choice of word order here: author and professor instead of professor and author.
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- Apr 2014
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futurepress.github.io futurepress.github.io
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higgledy-piggledy
Etymology?
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- Nov 2013
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caseyboyle.net caseyboyle.net
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copy
Implies that the sound is, somehow, directly related to the perception of something?
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- Sep 2013
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caseyboyle.net caseyboyle.netGorgias1
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GORGIAS: What is there greater than the word which persuades the judges in the courts, or the senators in the council, or the citizens in the assembly, or at any other political meeting?—if you have the power of uttering this word, you will have the physician your slave, and the trainer your slave, and the money-maker of whom you talk will be found to gather treasures, not for himself, but for you who are able to speak and to persuade the multitude.
Rhetoric can give freedom and create slavery, give power and wealth.
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