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A notable, if somewhat eclectic, group of individuals has crossed paths with general semantics over the years. Here are a few names you might recognize. Other names can be found on the IGS website by clicking on "Archives of Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lectures."
Steve Alien, author, entertainer, and composer attended a seminar-workshop at the Institute of General Semantics in 1961. InhisbookDumbth: AndSl Ways to Make Americans Smarter, he included a chapter encouraging readers to become familiar with general semantics. He also delivered the 1992 Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture.
Stuart Chase, noted economist and writer, wrote the first popularization of general semantics, The Tyranny of ...
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