The Truthiness Paradigm
Just a little tidbit from the latest Wired, which has a fun little missive from my boyfriend Stephen Colbert called "Be an Expert on Anything." I thought some of you Pitt kids might get a kick out of this one:
USE THE WORD ZEITGEIST AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE.
Ideally, you want to find words that sound familiar but people don't really know their definitions; zeitgeist, bildungsroman, doppelganger -- better yet, anything Latin. But avoid paradigm. It's so 1994. If you say the word paradigm, everybody knows you're a poser.
Take that, Kuhn! OK off to the Rosenbach!
posted by Megan @ 2:35 PM
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YOU GIVE THE BEST CDs/PRESENTS EVER.
(A message like this deserves all caps. AND- I am STILL slacking on your CD. Oops.)
Aww I'm glad you like! No worries about the CD, tis better to give than receive, after all. I've been listening to that Arcuragi CD a lot (I bought mine when I bought yours) and it's super good. Get into it! :)
Here's a Stephen Colbert item for ya.
http://www.onipress.com/buzz/?p=96
Wouldn't it require a paradigm shift to stop them from using paradigm?
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