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74Newspeak: How Every Word is Important to the Freedom of Language
"Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it. Every concept that can ever be needed will be...
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69Minimalist Languages
Minimalist languages do not occur naturally. They represent one type of constructed language and have the design goal of reducing the number of available words in the lexicon. A minimalist language can be...
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66Newspeak: a fictional language in George Orwell's novel 1984
Newspeak is a fictional language in George Orwell's novel 1984. It has a reduced and simplified vocabulary and grammar. This suited the totalitarian regime of the Party, whose aim was to make any alternative...
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64The Population Bomb (1968) predicted that "in the 1970s and 1980s hundreds of millions of people will starve to death"
"A total population of 250-300 million people, a 95% decline from present levels, would be ideal." — Ted Turner - CNN founder and UN supporter - quoted in the The McAlvany Intelligence Advisor, June...
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60Buzzwords
A buzzword can come across as pretentious, as the word may be an attempt to make something seem more important than it is. When someone says they felt "empowered", what do they really mean? They felt stronger, better, more able to cope?
63Propaganda techniques
Propagandists use a variety of propaganda techniques to influence opinions and to avoid the truth. Often these techniques rely on either omitting significant information or distorting it. During the period...
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60Watch Your Language
I remember, not so long ago when I was at school, back when they still had text books, and mail was something you sent to your great aunt Sarah through the 'mailbox' (remember those)? or letter-box if you come...
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52The Truthiness Out There
Everyone feels entitled to their own point of view. It no longer seems to matter whether such opinions have even the slightest grain of truth to back them up. The brain is a wonderful organ for...
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