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Allusionist 200. 200th episode celebratory quiz! transcript

September 13, 2024 The Allusionist

Here it is, the 200th episode of the Allusionist! To celebrate, here is a playalong quiz where the questions have been set by you, the smart listeners, and if you want to play as you listen, you can keep track of your scores via the score sheet at theallusionist.org/200, if you don’t have to hand the back of an envelope and a pencil you stole from IKEA.

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Allusionist 96. Trust - transcript

March 20, 2019 The Allusionist
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RACHEL BOTSMAN: I always know when a word is having its moment in the sun when big conferences, it becomes the theme at the conference, or I get slightly nervous when you start to see it as the tag line in really big commercial brands because it's a word that's starting to become co-opted and commercialised, because people go, "Oh, it's resonating with a lot of people.” It's not a brand. Trust isn't a brand that you should use. It's a social glue that when it breaks down, it has really huge consequences to our lives. When terms become so broad that they lose their meaning, they become completely diluted. And this is actually my fear around trust right now, is that it's become the word of the moment that is being used in so many different contexts that are we actually diluting something? One of the most important words we have in the human language, that is so fundamental to our relationships, that are we taking the meaning and importance out of it by its overuse?

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In transcript Tags words, language, linguistics, education, comedy, entertainment, society & culture, arts, literature, Helen Zaltzman, etymology, lexicography, Rachel Botsman, trust, trustworthy, confidence, con artists, influence, influencers, influenza, flu, business, online, technology, web, internet, TripAdvisor, Airbnb, Amazon, reviews, ostracism, ostrakon, machines, bots, voices, gender, virtual assistants, smart homes, Alexa, Siri, Cortana, belief, credulity, fake, lies, deceit, deception, Project Q, apologies, sorry, apologising, faith, innovation, authenticity, manipulators, manipulation
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