Quick... define "Dictionary!"

Quick... define "Dictionary!"

Can you define the word “dictionary” in just a few words, without using a dictionary?

It’s not as easy or as simple as it seems. There are several types of dictionaries—and even a little debate about what “counts” as a dictionary. For most of us, it’s hard to imagine a world in which a hefty dictionary isn’t within easy reach, on the shelf or in the phones in our pockets.

And yet…

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WHAT IS THE POINT OF ALL THIS HEROISM?

WHAT IS THE POINT OF ALL THIS HEROISM?

That’s a big title right there, and a question with an oversized philosophical pedigree. Especially considering that what we’re going to talk about in this post isn’t philosophy at all… it’s a relatively small literacy program in the Western province of Papua New Guinea (PNG), a country that many people probably couldn’t even circle on a map. Bear with us, though…

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