The Quest and some brands using it. — There are anywhere from 6 to 36 narrative plots. You’ll recognize all of them; Overcoming the Monster, The Quest, Rags to Riches, etc. According to Christopher Booker, there are seven basic plots: Overcoming the Monster Rags to Riches The Quest Voyage and Return Rebirth Comedy Tragedy Story structure hasn’t changed…

Or… why there’s no language for the future plus neologisms + Natural Language Understanding. — The appearance of something new challenges our capacity for language. We’re lacking the vocabulary to describe a previously unknown thing or phenomena. We don’t have the words. We add about a 1000 words to the English lexicon every year. These new words and phrases come from slang naturally, but also…

Modern text and AI frameworks. — I was not a solid “A” student in high school English class — yes… it’s true. Nevertheless, I’ve been a fan and a natural student of my native tongue since about that time. Probably stemming from my father’s interest and also the 1980’s PBS series “The Story of English” TLDR; …

For more than 60 years, The Times editorial staff has gathered to map out the news and decide which stories would appear on the front page of the paper. Today, while still called the Page One meeting, it has almost nothing to do with the printed newspaper. Print ruled for…