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“according to the unanimous opinion of anthropologists, the organization of enforced labor is one of the essentials of civilization.”
― Is civilization a disease?
― Is civilization a disease?
“Culture was now largely a matter of how to keep people harmlessly distracted when they were not working.”
― The Meaning of Life: A Very Short Introduction
― The Meaning of Life: A Very Short Introduction
“A national language is a national tie’, Noah Webster”
― Dictionaries: A Very Short Introduction
― Dictionaries: A Very Short Introduction
“Civilization begins with the crack of the whip." Lord Cromer”
― Is civilization a disease?
― Is civilization a disease?
“Believe it or not, in 1969 the French writer Georges Perec wrote a palindromic story that was 500 words long! The whole story reads the same backwards as forwards.”
― The Word Spy
― The Word Spy
Miran’s 2025 Year in Books
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