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What Role Does the Public Intellectual Have in a Fragmented Era?
Did you know the word evidence comes from the Latin videre, meaning “to see”? Did you know that explode and applause share a common root, plaudere, which means “to clap”? How about that distract means “to pull apart in different directions”? Nice originally meant “foolish.” Attention derives from the Latin...
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Being an intellectual in modern society is walking a thin line. You're either enriching the lives of others with useful knowledge and stimulating conversation...or you're annoying people left and right with your constant grammar/information corrections and general "I know more than you" attitude about things.