language – Drew Downs

Why bias is essential and a force for good.

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5 min read

We have a blinkered view of bias and its role in society. Here’s why we need to get over ourselves and start making good in the world.

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2 min read

We want the rules of grammar to be fixed. They are not. Like everything in life, our desire for certainty is compromised by life itself.

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6 min read

We love to say that politics and religion doesn’t mix, but religion is political by definition. They can’t be separated.

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6 min read

We talk about polarization like its something that happens to us. Rather than the byproduct of what we’re actually doing.

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1 min read

The idea of spontaneous multi-lingual speech amazes us. I worry that we miss the point was understanding not speaking.

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1 min read

Partisanship may help us understand what is going on at the moment. But it doesn’t always help us know what to do.