George Orwell: Politics and the English Language

George Orwell, author of Animal Farm (1945) and 1984 (1949), wrote an article titled Politics and the English Language for the April 1946 edition of Horizon.

« Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to take the necessary trouble. If one gets rid of these habits one can think more clearly, and to think clearly is a necessary first step toward political regeneration: so that the fight against bad English is not frivolous and is not the exclusive concern of professional writers. »

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The Unintended Consequences of Open Offices

Ethan Bernstein and Ben Waber wrote an article for Harvard Business Review titled The Truth About Open Offices: There are reasons why they don’t produce the desired interactions (November-December 2019).

It is worth noting that the article was published prior to ubiquity of Zoom meetings, but the general insights on human behavior likely stand the test of time.

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