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235. Neil Gaiman (Jason Plays Favorites #7) – and then it gets darker

Think Again - a Big Think Podcast

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The Power of Boldness

In the 17th century, English academics decided that the rules of Latin grammar applied to English a completely different language. In Latin, an infinitive is one word and in English, it's two words. And you don't want to say to go boldly where no man has gone before because to boldly go actually gives you the beat that you need to get that little bit out. You know what this is making me think of? I remember as a young person emerging into a sense of writing, writing poetry and sharing it with others.

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