Cultural critics and wordsmiths gather around for this outstanding foray into verbal investigation.
Have we lost our way when declaring ideas?
Why has the declarative been exchanged for the inquisitive?
Have we lost our ability, or our nerve, to declare our thoughts with confidence?
Highlights include:
“We’re the most aggressively inarticulate generation to come along since, you know . . , a long time ago.”
“It is not enough these days to question authority, you’ve got to speak with it too.”
How inspirational during a Friday morning lull.
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