Topic: Gender Neutral

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89: Mass Confusion
46:32 - 49:53

89: Mass Confusion

NOTAM System Name Change and Linguistic Shifts

Adam Curry notes a recent change in the FAA's NOTAM system, which formerly stood for "Notice to Airmen" and has been renamed "Notice to Air Missions." This shift toward gender-neutral language is presented as an example of the "supreme" system changing definitions on the fly. The hosts argue that these constant alterations to language constitute a form of "violence" by destabilizing shared truth.