{"id":132,"date":"2008-05-22T15:22:52","date_gmt":"2008-05-22T20:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/?p=132"},"modified":"2019-06-21T20:20:51","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T01:20:51","slug":"in-search-of-neologisms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/in-search-of-neologisms\/","title":{"rendered":"In Search of Neologisms with Esther Dyson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"float: left;\" title=\"Esther Dyson\" src=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/podcasts\/estherdyson.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.reference.com\/browse\/neologism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neologisms<\/a> are defined as new words or phrases (or new uses of a word or phrase). And what better place to find them than at a gathering of <a href=\"https:\/\/whatis.techtarget.com\/definition\/0,,sid9_gci212636,00.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">netizens<\/a> (itself a neologism) steeped in the new world of the “net”. The <a href=\"https:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/events\/berkmanat10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berkman Center for Internet and Society<\/a>, at Harvard, recently celebrated its 10th anniversary, and ThoughtCast was there, fishing for novelty…<br \/>\n<strong>The Catch:<\/strong><br \/>\nInternet guru <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edventure.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Esther Dyson<\/a> came up with an expression I’d never heard before… Have you? Here’s a clue: what does Google have to do with your refrigerator??!!<br \/>\nClick here: <a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/podcasts\/estherdyson59secs.mp3\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/mike.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> (1 minute) to find out!<br \/>\nBut wait, there’s more!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/?p=133\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Jimmy Wales, the founder of the free online encylopedia Wikipedia<\/a>, shares his thoughts on the power of one incredibly successful neologism – that amazing name!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/?p=134\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The term network neutrality was the brainchild of Tim Wu<\/a> of Columbia Law School. 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