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<p class="MsoNormal">Often bibliographies have clickable links, too. Biology papers have some of the most obscure terminology. It really seems like it is designed to obscure. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Friam <friam-bounces@redfish.com> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Barry MacKichan<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 25, 2021 3:12 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [FRIAM] Acronyms<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">When I see someting like BICBW,<br>
1. I double click it<br>
2. Get into a Google screen (or Duck Duck Go) (5 keystrokes using Launchbar on a Mac) It is unnecessary to copy it; Launchbar can with the selection.<br>
3. Hit return.<br>
4. Three out of the first five links contain the definition in the first line of the blurb. “BICBW stands for But I Could Be Wrong.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Elapsed time: about five seconds.<br>
Time to write this email, about 90 seconds.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">—Barry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On 25 Jan 2021, at 17:31, <a href="mailto:thompnickson2@gmail.com">
thompnickson2@gmail.com</a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777">I assume when people use acronyms it is to communicate their membership in a club that I am not qualified to join, and they want me to be sure I know that. So the medium IS the message. Also, i’s
a useful move in an interpersonal power game. It forces the other person to come groveling back for an explication. BICBW<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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