From the pianoforte to the smartphone, each wave of tech has sparked fears of brain rot. But the problem isn’t our ability to ...

The Warminster Library will hold a historical re-enactment with the literary figure known for living at Walden Pond in the ...

The Oxford University Press uses lexicographers —people who author dictionaries — to track which words or phrases were most used and that most reflect the last 12 months. Brain rot’s usage increased ...

Thoreau worried about society’s desire to dumb down complex ideas. He feared a decline in intellect when he wrote the ...

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Sometimes, when the open road isn’t quite available, the best way to explore the USA is through your imagination. The ...

Oxford University Press noted that the term actually goes back to 1854 and was used, hyphenated, by Henry David Thoreau in “Walden.” But it has gained prominence in recent years over “concerns about ...

While it may seem a modern phenomenon, the first recorded use of “brain rot” according to Oxford was by Henry David Thoreau in his 1854 ode to the natural world, Walden. “While England ...

What I found at the top of the mountain was a radiant view over the blue Pacific, freedom from all distraction and a day that ...

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