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The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
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The same goes, of course, for human beings. The distancing effect of language facilitates exploitation, cruelty, murder, and genocide. When the other party to a relationship is a mere member of a generic category, be it “customer,” “terrorist,” or “employee,” exploitation or murder comes much more easily. Racial epithets serve the same purpose: we
... See moreCharles Eisenstein • The Ascent of Humanity: Civilization and the Human Sense of Self
The more powerful communication technologies become, the more people will fight wars over words instead of territory. Language, when wielded at scale, is among man's most powerful weapons.
words, figures of speech, and playful alliteration.
Steven Pinker • The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
The Enlightenment principle that we can apply reason and sympathy to enhance human flourishing may seem obvious, trite, old-fashioned. I wrote this book because I have come to realize that it is not. More than ever, the ideals of reason, science, humanism, and progress need a wholehearted defense.