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Their wordsThere is a long standing tradition for each generation to criticize the destruction of standards of language usage by the succeeding generations. IMHO, such whining is pointless. Language is constantly being refactored to increase efficiency as we discuss new things, and to decrease efficiency to compromise outsiders.
Their wordsIt was predicted that the internet would bring about collective consciousness, that the hive it enabled would collect and amplify all of humanity's intelligence, quickly converging on a consensus of great truth. Instead, the global village has splintered into a vast array of little angry echo chambers.
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