There is just a lot of ingrained boneheadeness built into the way we get our information today. Two examples from casual info-snacking this morning:
1. Obama, for the 234th time, declares that “Drilling offshore will not do a thing to help with gas prices today.” To which the thinking person can only say, “Duh. Of course not.” [...]
July 16, 2008
How The News Makes Us Stupid
July 16, 2008
Do You “Precycle”?
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precycling pp. Purchasing products based on how recyclable they are. [pre + recycling]
—precycle v.
—precycler n.
Example Citations:
The produce section, as it turns out, was a good place to illustrate the first rule of “precycling“: Don’t get any packaging at all. Buy stuff [...]
