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I’m a Friend of “al”— A Rant

The disappearing -al ending seems part of a war on two innocent, helpful letters that exist because we still speak, and therefore seek sounds that let our jaws relax when we reach natural breakpoints....

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Watching the Information World’s Metaphors — Are You About Streams Yet?

How we think often leads to what we think. Are you publishing using the metaphors users are adopting? Continue reading »

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The Power of Language, the Choice to Share Ideas Widely, and Why Humans Have...

A bizarre evolutionary scenario gave us the most powerful tool nature has ever created. Continue reading »

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Speech is Instinctive, Writing is Hard

Steven Pinker discusses a better model for more effective prose, particularly for academic authors. Continue reading →

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