How to pronounce “platitude” in English

of what the Greeks called the "atom." You know, a-tom, "that which cannot be cut." They were in search of that final particle thatwe hear all the platitudes that people say "the machines are coming, the machines are coming," but really it's like any other revolution.

And then finally, simple rules relate to a defined activity.They're not platitudes like always be nice to your mother.Rather their focused on a particular process or activity that you do.

So I think that's so important to realize that gratitude isn't a pat on the back.And gratitude isn't just a platitude.I'm from New York.

on a certain issue, we are often presented with a menu of cliches and ready-made platitudes.And so we are limited to only rattling off these platitudes. For example, it might be that somebody goes on to camera and they say that we have to make some necessary sacrifices. Necessarysacrifices is a cliche and it's a euphemism for you are worse off. But no leader is going to say to the camera, you the people are worse off and so they say necessary sacrifices instead.

Yeah, well, I have to say that in the beginning, when I was saying to you that it was real honor to have thisconversation, it wasn't platitudes. It was in part because I knew how influential this work that you've done has become. I want to ask about thatinfrastructure. The other part of the body of work that you've done has to do with the educational platforms themselves and segregation of schools and so on.

Alan gave the keynote address at the Audio Engineering Society in Los Angeles last month.And it's supposed to be a kind of fairly platitudeness bland occassion, and Alan came out there and started ripping into microphone manufacturersand this and that.

confused but I was also put off because as chefs I don't think we should uh needthe diners to rise up to our Strange platitudes about food we need to appealto people we're employ I employe 150 people I have to make food the people want to buy it's not a strange elite

come up with a really crisp way of saying what I think is the solution to thisdilemma because I always end up with some platitudes you know we are individuals and and we're going to makeindividual choices and that means choosing the bloggers that we want to follow and the New York Times is just going to

And I actually think that's a valid argument.So again, there's no platitude that I can give you where it's like this is the ratio and I'm tying that to these four studies.

And one of the things I say to diplomats is unless we find a way to communicate more effectively, and to use these new tools and to strip awaya lot of this rubbish, the kind of platitudes about Britain and Cambodia have warm, bilateral relationson a range of mutual-- I mean, that stuff that just switches you off immediately.

What tricks am I going to employ?And that's part of the principles that I learned at WordPress.com about not just the platitude of it, but you're hired, you're smart,

It's become flatter and vague. And as a result, our thoughts about politics and economics has become flatter and vague as well. Orwell argues that when we are asked our opinionon a certain issue, we are often presented with a menu of cliches and ready-made platitudes.And so we are limited to only rattling off these platitudes. For example, it might be that somebody goes on to camera and they say that we have to make some necessary sacrifices. Necessary

And just so many happy memories eating that.that they see maybe struggling with issues of burnout and stress without seeming like they're giving empty platitudes

Mike, you expressed concern.I mean, that this is a big subject about which many platitudes are said, of the relationship between art and science.

always easily possible as you know to hear them from the subject position.Instead of having them objectified, and hearing the same kinds of platitudes of moralistic platitudes about them. I think that's an important first step.And when you hear them, you know what I did is I went back to the records of Texas prisoners who were executed. And I actually got to the final statements,

world. It's also seen in our institutions. For example, if the boss calls you in and they say, "We're going to have to make some efficiency gains." That's a euphemism. That's a clichefor the fact they've laid off 10% of the company. And Orwell would say they are hiding behind that language. They are hiding behind the cliche. Here they are hiding behind the platitude.Of course, this makes sense because it gives our leaders a degree of plausible deniability.

In general, the experience tends to be one where you discover that love is the most important thing in the universe, and this Hallmark card platitude

And most nutrition research focuses on just doing stuff that makes you strong, or these very broad platitude-based things that are so broad that they caused you

and what you set out do to and what you make of your life, of course. And I know that sounds trite and it sounds like a platitude, but lemme put it into a context. When the great

I want everything to sound so obvious you think, why does this guy bore us with these platitudes?

these multiple activities or decisions, you need to achieve such a level of abstractness that they often border on platitudes.

I mean, that's the thing. It's like, these maxims -- these platitudes -- they're like, Why can't they be challenged? So. You know like, I had to attend this stupid,