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Janneth Flores
Janneth Flores

Janneth Flores

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From I doomed mankind with a free text editor by Morten Just

This is where we get back to where we started — 1984 and George Orwell. Although this time, the point is the opposite of Orwell’s; simpler language is bad. People seem to want complexity and abstract words. If they don’t get it, the crowd screams, a 6.9 megabytes Mac app could make 1984 a reality.

From I doomed mankind with a free text editor by Morten Just

The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
— Alberto Brandolini

From I doomed mankind with a free text editor by Morten Just

Orwell argues that these words are too abstract, not carrying enough meaning, not making our writing arresting. Or, to put it in modern terms, bullshit. And bullshit is an unfair use of a anyone’s time.

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Andy Waterman

This is absolutely spot on.

Xenobio

I doomed mankind with a free text editor

Morten Just