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February 9, 2019
Pocket paradigms
Sam Smith - If you challenge the contemporary “communicator,” you are likely to find
the argument transformed from whatever you thought you were talking
about to something quite different — generally more abstract and
grandiose. For example if you are opposed to the communicator’s proposed
policy on trade you may be accused of being against “change” or
“fearful of new ideas” and so forth. There is an hyperbolic quality to
this language that shatters one’s normal sense of meaning. Simple
competence is dubbed “a world-class operation,” common efficiency is
called “Total Quality Management,” a conversation becomes “incredibly
transforming,” and a gathering of hyper-ambitious and single-minded
professionals is called a “Renaissance” weekend.
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