Do I make tonkatsu sauce for my chicken that my roommate made that I'm bringing for lunch
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Do I make tonkatsu sauce for my chicken that my roommate made that I'm bringing for lunch

"In 1970, political theorist Giovanni Sartori described this drift of meaning as “conceptual stretching.” Sartori argued that it occurs when words or phrases move too far from the conditions that originally anchored them. They become gradually devalued, retaining their emotional and moral charge while losing clarity. In everyday use, “narcissist” moved from a clinical diagnosis to a sort of lifestyle judgment, yet it retains the moral seriousness — and social stigma — that we often associate with a mental health disorder."
https://bigthink.com/thinking/from-woke-to-traumatic-how-useful-terms-become-empty-buzzwords/
"John Stuart Mill argued that diversity of opinion sustains democracy. If AI funnels us all into the same conceptual pathways, we lose that."
Susan Schneider of Florida Atlantic University, interviewed by Big Think.
https://bigthink.com/the-long-game/why-the-ai-megasystem-problem-needs-our-attention/
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Why don't Americans trust experts? Just ask a paranormal investigator
https://bigthink.com/big-think-books/paranormal-investigators-public-trust/
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