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

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Laurence Horn wrote:
> …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.

Someone has already coined “cognitives”.

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Garson

> > On Feb 7, 2024, at 7:33 AM, Amy West <medievalist at W-STS.COM> wrote:
> >
> > It calls to mind the parallel construction "creative class".
> >
> > ---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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