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David Brooks: What Our Words Tell Us

New York Times columnist David Brooks recently wrote that our word choice proves that we’ve become a more individualistic society. Brooks cited Ngram studies which showed that in the last 50 years, words like “self” and “unique” have been on the rise while “community” and “share” have declined. For a big-picture look at the development […]

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