Language and Technology Archives — Planet Word Museum The museum where language comes to life Mon, 13 Oct 2025 20:55:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://planetwordmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-PW_Logo_BLUE_circle-2-1-32x32.png Language and Technology Archives — Planet Word Museum 32 32 The State of Literacy in the Digital Age https://planetwordmuseum.org/the-state-of-literacy-in-the-digital-age/ Mon, 13 Oct 2025 20:55:50 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=10401 Five years ago, Planet Word opened its doors with a bold mission: to spark a love of words, language, and reading in people of all ages — at a time…

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]]> Keeping Our Word in the Face of Meta’s Changes https://planetwordmuseum.org/from-the-founder-keeping-our-word-in-the-face-of-metas-changes/ Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:21:16 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=9487 When Elon Musk took over Twitter, he reinstated accounts of people who frequently had plied misinformation on the site, and he seemed unconcerned about the platform’s takeover by people with…

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]]> The Death of Truth https://planetwordmuseum.org/from-the-founder-the-death-of-truth/ Tue, 28 May 2024 22:21:07 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=8414 The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.” — George Orwell Starting on May 30, Planet Word is launching the first…

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]]> Choosing the 2023 Word of the Year: Q&A with Ben Zimmer and Kelly Wright https://planetwordmuseum.org/choosing-the-2023-word-of-the-year-qa-with-ben-zimmer-and-kelly-wright/ Thu, 18 Jan 2024 21:43:25 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=8015 Since 1990, the American Dialect Society has annually unveiled a Word of the Year — a newly prominent word that reflects significant events, societal shifts, and prevailing themes over the…

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]]> A Manifesto for Planet Word 2.0 https://planetwordmuseum.org/a-manifesto-for-planet-word-2-0/ Mon, 05 Jun 2023 21:48:51 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=7198 Back in 2013 when we started planning a museum of words and language, it was mainly intended to be a new way to bring disaffected readers back into the fold…

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]]> A Couple of Neologisms for Today https://planetwordmuseum.org/from-the-founder-deepfakes-and-a-couple-of-neologisms-for-today/ Wed, 15 Mar 2023 20:57:37 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=6704 On November 29, 2022, Planet Word interviewed Dr. Hany Farid from Berkeley about his work to identify deepfake online videos and photography. This is especially important as we enter the…

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