[Ads-l] Thinking class / Cognitive class / Knowledge class

[Laurence Horn]

…and the even more suspect plural noun, “creatives”.  At least it’s unlikely anyone will coin “thinkings”, and “cognitives” seems like something out of Brave New World.  

> On Feb 7, 2024, at 7:33 AM, Amy West <medievalist at W-STS.COM> wrote:
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> It calls to mind the parallel construction "creative class".
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> ---Amy West
> 
> On 2/7/24 12:00 AM, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
>> Date:    Tue, 6 Feb 2024 23:24:50 +0100
>> From:    Z S<zrice3714 at GMAIL.COM>
>> Subject: Re: Fw: Thinking class / Cognitive class / Knowledge class
>> 
>> Just confirmed a suspicion: in the documentary*Spies of Mississippi*, one
>> of the witnesses states that her uncle, B.L. Bell, referred to his class as
>> "the thinking class people". (I just went back and scrubbed through the
>> film to check.)
>> 
>> (Timestamp 17:07 to 17:42)
>> 
>> https://youtu.be/JX925i-llQk?feature=shared&t=1027
>> 
>> These terms sound as antiquated as they are. Interesting - to say the least
>> - that they're so freely used today by the media.
>> 
>> Best,
>> Zola Sohna
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