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Jul 18, 2023
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Photo: Sunrise, the Hudson River, July 2023.

Following on the essay on utility and simplicity.

The word utility is derived from the latin uti; and is also the root of the word use.

Use is defined as follows: take, hold, or deploy (something) as a means of accomplishing a purpose or achieving a result; employ.

In this I'm reminded of the question posed to m…

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