Smarter Than You Think Flashcards
Put interesting and/or complex words from "Smarter Than You Think" in this deck!
1
Q
Ubiquitous
A
found everywhere
2
Q
Who said, “The future is already here, it’s just not very evenly distributed.”?
A
William Gibson
3
Q
Ideogram
A
Written character symbolizing an idea of a thing without the indication of sound used to say it
4
Q
Taylorism
A
The principles of practice of scientific management
5
Q
Debauchery
A
Excessive indulgence (ex. “intellectual laziness” due to ease of availability of information)
6
Q
Trounced
A
defeat heavily in a contest
7
Q
Capacious
A
having a lot of space inside; roomy.
8
Q
Superfluity
A
an unnecessarily or excessively large amount or number of something.
9
Q
Aphorism/Aphoristic
A
concise, terse, laconic, and/or memorable expression of a general truth or principle
