emilyzfeng.bsky.social
NPR White House correspondent. 10 years in China and Taiwan. Author of Let Only Red Flowers Bloom (Crown 2025) and forthcoming book on Syria (CGR 2026) https://globalreports.columbia.edu/books/our-hearts-burned-for-home
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@emilyzfeng.bsky.socialAnd the word "artificial" comes from the Latin "artificialis" 'of or belonging to art,' from "artificium" 'work of art; skill' from artifex "craftsman, artist, master of an art". The article is interesting, can we not overanalyse the weight of etymologies in the leaders' views of concepts?
Show PostThat's the exact same etymology as "artificial", from "ars" (craftsmanship) + "facere" (to bring about)
Show PostIt seems to be riffing off the End Poem from Minecraft. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/End_Poem
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