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Jun 25Liked by E. Andrew Taylor

The reason that ORGANISM and ORGANIZATION have a common linguistic root is that they’re both living things. Like all living things, they must adapt to a constantly changing environment or die.

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Truth, and thanks Jim. Recalls a favorite quote from former UK prime minister Harold Wilson: "He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery."

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