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An oft-repeated reproach to Slavoj Zizek’s writings is that he’s impossible to understand. In fact, Zizek is sometimes held as an example of a decades-old trend of academic meaninglessness; for example, <a href="https://www.currentaffairs.org/2017/07/academic-language-and-the-problem-of-meaninglessness">in this recent article</a>, Nathan J. Robinson shrewdly accuses Zizek of always defending himself against critics by claiming to have been misunderstood.
Why Slavoj Zizek Writes in Convoluted Sentences | Neotenianos
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But there have been moments of “big bang” privatisation where governments and oligarchs speed-ran the process of looting the public coffers and transferring them to private hands — think of the sell-off of ex-Soviet state industries to connected insiders.
How Palantir Will Steal the NHS
Cory Doctorow
Roughly [7 percent](https://spectrumnews.org/opinion/children-who-recover-from-autism-still-struggle/) of children with autism eventually lose their diagnosis, swapping social problems and language difficulties for more typical skills and behaviors. But it is unclear whether this transition is associated with a return to typical brain function or reflects a compensatory process.
Autism's Brain Signature Lingers Even After Loss of Diagnosis | Spectrum - Autism Research News
Ann Griswold
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