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What exactly does “decimate” mean? Does accurate language matter any more?

Author DonPosted on June 26, 2023Categories Decline and fall

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Plato and Aristotle on youth and politics “Don’t trust anyone under thirty”
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Magic servants “If you didn’t have electricity, or natural gas/oil, or gasoline, how many servants would you need?”
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The Real Crisis in Humanities Isn’t Happening at College “Academics were probably the last to notice. They usually are.”
Alternatives to Google “… Google seems to have updated it’s original mission statement “Don’t be evil” to something more, ahh, brief.”

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