Comments on: Gov’t Speak http://www.rationalcontemporary.com/archives/108 Personal webpage of Joshuah Stolaroff Sun, 17 May 2009 01:05:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Adam R http://www.rationalcontemporary.com/archives/108/comment-page-1#comment-266 Adam R Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:19:43 +0000 http://www.rationalcontemporary.com/archives/108#comment-266 Hey Josh, FYI, "systemic" and "systematic" are really different words. I like the differences, because I like systems. "Systemic" means that the feature has spread throughout an entire system, whereas "systematic" means that the goal is accomplished in a methodical way (according to a system). Hey Josh,

FYI, “systemic” and “systematic” are really different words. I like the differences, because I like systems. “Systemic” means that the feature has spread throughout an entire system, whereas “systematic” means that the goal is accomplished in a methodical way (according to a system).

]]> By: Genug http://www.rationalcontemporary.com/archives/108/comment-page-1#comment-265 Genug Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:21:15 +0000 http://www.rationalcontemporary.com/archives/108#comment-265 Oy. My theory is that there is a foreign language requirement in business schools -- you pass once you know how to leverage your brand moving forward, etc. With all of those visions interfacing in Washington, you'd think that we have an MBA running our government or something. I have a bad feeling that this sort of corporate-speak has fallen like a nuclear bomb on the outside world, destroying communication far and wide, and I just don't know the true extent of the damage because I'm still in the shelter of grad school. Grad students may be immune because we're so rarely moving forward. I, for example, am currently moving backward, at an accelerating rate. Oy. My theory is that there is a foreign language requirement in business schools — you pass once you know how to leverage your brand moving forward, etc. With all of those visions interfacing in Washington, you’d think that we have an MBA running our government or something.

I have a bad feeling that this sort of corporate-speak has fallen like a nuclear bomb on the outside world, destroying communication far and wide, and I just don’t know the true extent of the damage because I’m still in the shelter of grad school. Grad students may be immune because we’re so rarely moving forward. I, for example, am currently moving backward, at an accelerating rate.

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