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Posted on May 9, 2018May 8, 2018

The Changing Face of the Antihero

WARNING: Lots of spoilers in this one, especially if you're not up to date on Westworld. Words, like knives, grow dull with extended use. Language changes over time with the push and pull of invisible social forces--terms of art and technical jargon, once adopted into the zeitgeist, transforms like metamorphic rock. Think of the meme--once …

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