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Imagine referring to someone by common first name found by flicking through the first pages of the bible, and then a a reference to a vague class of ubiquitous
by Y_Y 5y ago
Imagine referring to someone by common first name found by flicking through the first pages of the bible, and then a a reference to a vague class of ubiquitous professions.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Smith_(disambiguation) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Smith_(disambiguation)
They should all use use a unique hanzi name or an ORCID or a UUID or something.
- thaumasiotes 5y agoThere's a pretty large difference between referring to someone by a name held by less than 2% of the population vs a title extended to closer to 100% of the relevant population. Identifying people by full name is far, far more informative than identifying them by surname alone.