Louis wise articles
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Be Energy Wise on Earth Day!
Some Nunavummiut are not only struggling with the rising costs of fuel, but are also attempting to reduce the territory's dependence on...
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Are smart cities a wise idea?
The development of a Smart City in Toronto, in partnership with Google, should be the realization of the tech utopia we’d been imagining. Complete with robots, autonomous cars, and the latest tech integrated into the city itself, it seems as if the residents are the lucky beneficiaries of Life 2.0. When the project was announced with great excitement in 2017, it seemed as if Canadians would be the luckiest, most advanced citizens on the planet. Which is why the vehement civic resistance to the...
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Treading Wisely in Semantic Quicksand
Be careful little mouth what you say. While this pithy little line originally formed part of a children’s song, it strikes me as increasingly wise counsel for adults navigating a dictionary full of fast-changing meanings. To be sure, the meaning of words has always been changing. Awful no longer means something deserving of awe or