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date    = "2024-12-01T20:55:39+00:00"
lastmod = "2024-12-01T20:55:39+00:00"
tags    = [ "coins" ]
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[Merriam-Webster's](https://www.merriam-webster.com/) word last year was
[authentic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_Merriam-Webster%27s_Words_of_the_Year#2023).
If there's [one](/tdro/messages/authenticity/#tdro-messages-authenticity) thing about authenticity; it's like the bottom of a clear pool of
water appearing shallower than its actual depth.

There's a kind of [performative art](https://www.tribune242.com/news/2024/sep/26/magic-mushrooms-defendant-suffers-ftx-victim-lawsuit-fizzle/)
here that invokes the so called ["Wittgenstein's silence"](https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8819234-that-of-which-we-cannot-speak-we-must-pass-over),
where machinations can be seen but not explained. It sort of works and it's
a banal gift that keeps on giving.