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aleatory

The aleatory interplay of these factors

—p.175 Conclusion: Towards an Attention Ecology (171) by Yves Citton
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metaleptic

That towards which our reflexive attention tends (adtendere) belongs to what narratology calls a metalepsis, by which it refers to the collapse of two narrative levels that are imagined to be distinct and impermeable

—p.160 Reflexive Attention (139) by Yves Citton
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peroration

There is conversation (rather than peroration)

—p.85 Presential Attention (83) by Yves Citton
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vertiginous

largely responsible for the vertiginous increase in the top centile’s share of wealth in Britain and France during the Belle Époque.

r > g

—p.362 Merit and Inheritance in the Long Run (337) by Thomas Piketty
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lacuna

In addition, there are serious lacunae in German tax rec ords, owing in large part to the country’s turbulent history in the twentieth century

—p.325 Inequality of Labor Income (304) by Thomas Piketty
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