The Last to Know
Lasts are coming for all of us. Why aren’t we preparing?
“I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.” — Thomas Hobbes, 1679
When is the last time you pondered the word last?
Its use is frequent and common, and can be a verb (noting a length of time, as in “the play lasted two hours”), a noun (a form shaped like a foot, ov…
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