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I find little value in these semantic arguments.

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• jeltz 4y ago
  Agreed. If an article defines a word clearly and does not pick meanings in an intentionally missleading way I do not see the value in talking semantics. The definition used in this article is common enough even of it is not my personal definition of what I think being successful is.
• elefanten 4y ago
  And yet semantics like that drive massive influence over civilization — it builds into the rhetoric and narratives people affix their instincts upon. So, there’s value in observing them.
• bambax 4y ago
  Yet definitions are paramount. If we don't know what we are talking about, there is no point in talking.
  • yakshaving_jgt 4y ago
    But we do know what we are talking about, because it was clarified in the article.