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Wissen Sie, was mich ankotzt? Viele Leute nennen diese Länder immer noch „ehemalige Sowjetrepubliken“. Mehr als dreißig Jahre nach dem Zusammenbruch der Sowjetunion! Es gibt auch gebildete Menschen, die noch vom „Ostblock“ sprechen. Sprache ist da verräterisch.
Ukrainische Autorin Über Russland: „Sprache Ist Verräterisch“
Oksana Sabuschko
“Rewilding”.
The metaphor suggests precisely what to do: If you want to have wilder, curiouser thoughts, you have to avoid the industrial monocropping of big-tech feeds. You want an intellectual *forest,* overgrown with mushrooms and towering weeds and a massive dead log where a family of raccoons has taken up residence.
Rewilding Your Attention
Clive Thompson
ChatGPT essentially gives every professional writer an intern–one who might occasionally surprise with an insightful turn of phrase, but who will generally be supplying a rough attempt that still requires considerable finesse from the person in charge.
Speechwriter: These Aren’t the Droids You’re Looking For
David Murray
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