This closely tracks similar trends in the English corpus as a whole. I attribute this specific pattern to feminization of institutions in 1970. Link to broader argument in next post (thank you Elon). https://t.co/pXDp2l9wNh
This closely tracks similar trends in the English corpus as a whole. I attribute this specific pattern to feminization of institutions in 1970. Link to broader argument in next post (thank you Elon). https://t.co/pXDp2l9wNh
One analysis of Google Ngram data found that the use of sentiment-laden words such as “feel” or “believe” in texts uploaded to Google Books declined systematically after the year 1850, while words that are rationality coded, such as “determine” and “conclusion,” increased. This pattern reversed in the 1980s and accelerated around 2007, when emotion
... See moreByrne Hobart • Boom: Bubbles and the End of Stagnation
Indeed, one way of trying to forecast where social imagination might go is to examine the frontiers of new ways of seeing: for example, the use of graphs to map relationships, cellular patterns of transmitting behaviours or new devices for mapping emotions through the face or patterns of brain activity.
Geoff Mulgan • Another World Is Possible: How to Reignite Social and Political Imagination
Interpretation of data In absolute terms, we seem to have generally flat or rising output in both "critically acclaimed art/entertainment" and "science and technology." (The exceptions are film and modern music; I think different people will have different interpretations of the fact that these decline just before TV and video games rise.)