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I'm thinking more of a writer sitting down and struggling to choose the correct word to identify a thought. I wouldn't say they're "conveying information." At that point they don't…

Great example of how language is a tool for thinking, but it's also a tool for not thinking. If you want to ignore or obfuscate something, you can seal it off with euphemisms and m…

Yeah that's one approach, you can just choose not to care. I'm sure I'm also on Linux lists and crap like that, but that doesn't mean I want to end up on a bunch of other ones. Par…

Not really. I'm in the same boat: I'm an independent who likes to get an omnivorous information diet, but I've regularly avoided looking into certain things I'm curious about becau…

Don't disagree with your points, but it's worth considering: 1. The Founding Fathers were products of their place and time. Many other countries engaged in the slave trade and empl…

You explained the fundamental philosophical divide in software development today. One group sees development as a process of production. They still think of developers as people wh…