2020
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In Search of the Perfect Language Redux, Part 3: Modern Languages and Languages of Creativity
Last week I continued a discussion about my teacher, Joachim, and what he had taught me about languages as tools. He had a unique perspective on this as a former rabbi and professor of ancient…
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In Search of the Perfect Language Redux, Part 2: Modern Languages and Languages of Structure
Last week I discussed my great teacher Joachim, the greatest linguist and semiotician I have ever met. While I turned down Joachim’s offer to work for him and “join the family,” it was his teachings…
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In Search of the Perfect Language Redux, Part 1: Language as a Tool and Structure
In my life, I have been fortunate to have some very special mentors. Among those great teachers, none were greater than Fausto and Joachim, my great Italian teachers. While Fausto was a father to me…
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In Search of the Perfect Language, Part 3 – Argento, The NeXTSTEP for SLANG
It’s been one heck of a week, so I apologize for the delay in making my entry this week. I haven’t had a 72-hours so packed full since my first 72 in Central Juvenile Hall when I was a kid. For those…
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In Search of the Perfect Language, Part 2 – FinTech’s Bizarre Bazaar
So now back, to our version of “In Search of…” with your host, the guy who planned on studying with Umberto Eco and got Fisher Black’s files instead. On that last comment, I would have much preferred…
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In Search of the Perfect Language, Part 1 – Umberto Eco and Fisher Black
The entry today is done in homage to the great scholar Umberto Eco and his masterful work The Search for the Perfect Language in the Making of Europe Series (I actually have a signed copy in my…