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September 2010

got a dictionary?

Thanks Mike. My perspective is that jargon is the leading edge of the evolution of language (and to a certain extent culture). As with most emerging species, most jargon does not survive or spread very far outside its original environment. Some of…

From Climate Change to Transformation of Democracy

I laud Garrison for his brilliant formulation of our crisis quo, “From Climate Change to Climate Shock” http://bit.ly/9BTAUa, and his imperative that we actively use unfolding disasters to generate needed changes (just as corporations use them to …