I once
wrote a
paper for an
organisation pointing
out that

it needed to
‘plan for

its own death’ given that its entire raison d’etre was to pursue a single problem along a pathway and towards a goal that future changes in work practices and technology would certainly render obsolete.

What was interesting in that case was that the aforementioned path and the obsolescence were necessary steps in the creation of an environment where a ‘next generation’ organisation (with a very different business model) could pick up the pieces and thrive. The first business model remained in existence for the next few decades, and an appropriate strategy would have been one that organised the demise of the first business model on the most favorable terms for the next business model to build upon. The charities in the original question were said to be working towards their demise.

The problem was for me then, and for the original poster of this question now, to find a word – and preferably one with some pizzazz – that describes this sort of business (or charity) trajectory.

What are the examples of planned obsolescence? One might note, however, that “planned obsolescence” has picked up a negative connotation as it describes a process whereby goods are designed to fail so as to create a market for servicing, upgrading or replacing them. If some variation on this term, such as ‘positive planned obsolescence’, ‘positive obsolescence’, or ‘active obsolescence’, would be better received and understood.

Having decided to make this suggestion, specifically in respect of charities, may be some variation on (such as effective altruism) which clearly connotes selfless behaviour, but may require further words to suggest working towards the negation of its reason for existence, as distinct from an ongoing need with an ongoing altruistic response. Wherein ‘obsolescence’ might assist in clarifying the point, as in ‘altruistic obsolescence’.

I think maybe for the lack of the appropriate or accepted buzzword for such things when I made the original case to a specific organisation I used to consult for, they subsequently (and invariably) found themselves technologically and functionally stranded and no way forward for the future at all (an alternative business plan was no longer discussed or developed at all). Backing out backward from government is costing $5bb.

Some thoughts on the use of Apoptosis

A late thought involves coining what is essentially a new meaning for a relatively new word. ‘Apoptosis’ is a term used to describe ‘programmed cell death’ in organisms. These are preprogrammed cell death events as mentioned in Wikipedia’s entry on apoptosis ( https://en.wikipedia.org/ ). Essentially this is a pre-programmed ‘beneficial’ or positive cell death as explained in this extract from Wikipedia’s entry on apoptosis ( https://www.csa.wikipedia.org/). Org/wiki/Apoptosis (en):

In contrast to necrosis, which is a form of traumatic cell death that results from acute cellular injury, apoptosis is highly regulated and controlled process that confers advantages for many organisms during the life cycle. If a human embryo is grown and then splits from a developing embryo, the embryo will have three fingers and two toes. If they are separate, then these two toes will split apart and then undergo apoptosis.

‘Apoptosis’ occur when a cell has completed its function and is no longer required, or in order to allow for transfer of the organism, or in order to make way for younger cells. As the Oxford English Dictionary explains: apoptosis, n. Apoptosis, n. Apoptosis.

Brit. /appts/, U.S. /pptos/
One

might apply the terminology to a charity or philanthropic endeavour that incorporated its own demise at the conclusion (and as a result) of it’s own successful activities. Do you think positive death could be the cause? From this sense we might get ‘an apoptotic charity’ or apoptotical philanthropy’. To the best of my knowledge, this word has never before been used in this sense.

The Oxford English Dictionary has some remarks directed to the use of past tense in the case of the verb’read’ :

III. How do I read, v.?
Are
Pa.Tense or Paul pple? Should I read (red). “What color should I choose? Forms: inf. 1 rdan, (-on, rddan, north. Reda, Rea), 3 rden(n), raden, 2–4 reden, 5 redyn; (and pres.) 2, 4 rade, 3–6 rede, 5–6 red reede, Sc. red, reid, 6 (8 Sc.) reed; (3) 6–7 reade, 6– read. So to say 3 sing. pres. then 4 sing. sares. (1 rt, 2–4 ret, 3 red, 3–4 rat.) pa. Which tense a pl. with pl. pl. Reordun; 1 rdde, 3–4, 6 radde, (4 rade), 4, 6 rad, (4 rat); 1 pl. Red(d)on, 3, 6 (9) redd, 4 redde, 4–6 rede, 4–6 (7–8) red, 7– read. pa. pples. 1 rden, 4 reddynn, 6 readen; 1 rded, 3–4 redd, 3–6 redde, (4 radde), 3–6 (7–8) red, 4 rede, 6 reered (e, 6– read); 1 eredd, 3 ired, 3–4 irad, 4 iredde, yrade, 4–5 iradde.
OE. rdan = Ofris. . ( ) : OE. ran = Ofrit. Raeda, OS. ru00e2dan (MLG.) How is Radien a PhD? Du. Raden) OHG. “Ritan” (MHG. Glarten, G. raten,rathen), ON. ru00e1a, Swansw (Sw.) rrda, Da. raade’):—OTeut. A (*, 22, ordan)—Rda, Da. raade (==ru00eadan); Toth. -ru00eadan:—Yt . *ran, p.ia nan, and prop. nan, as in *ran, the son of jihan ran. What is the horoscope related to that of OIr. im-ru00e1dim to deliberate, consider, OSl. raditi to take thought, attend to, Skr. dh Then to succeed.
The Comm. Teut. p. a remark. Verb to a reduplicating ablaut class, pa. tense *rer and pa. pple. u00abgarono-z, whence goth.u00bb Ru00e9, ru00e1inn, OHG. giru00e2tan (G. W. Ghazi): riat, giru00e2tan (G. W. Ghazi). riet, geraten), OS. ried or ru00ead, *giru00e2dan (Du. What does “ried” mean in geraden? The corresponding forms in OE. are reord and (e)rden, but these are found only in rare instances in Anglian texts with the usual conjugation rdde, erd(e)d, on the analogy of weak verbs such as ldan: cf. MLG. Radde, redde, Sw. rdde, and G. rathete, Da. raadede. Ovarian ME. Forms are redde or radde in the pa. tense, and (i)red or (i)rad in the pa. pple. ; in the later language (from the 17th c.) all tenses of the verb have the same spelling, read, though in pronunication the vowel of the preterite forms differs from the present and infinitive. Personal writers have from time to time denoted this by writing red or redd for pa. For pa. for pa. tense and pa. pple. The practice has never been widely adopted.
What is the original senses of the Teut? verb verb are those of taking or giving counsel, taking care or charge of a thing, having or exercising control over something, etc. verb must have some kind of verb verb that could be used for that purpose. verbs: verb are those of getting counsel, being very nice and getting genuinely benevolent. verb would be to have knowledge and knowledge of what to go through, to have any particular person see to be okay through it etc. verb These are also prominent in the dictionary, and the sense of ‘advise’ still survives as archaism, generally distinguished from the prevailing sense of the word by the retention of the older spelling rede. The sense of considering or explaining something obscure or mysterious is also common to the various languages, but the application of this to the interpretation of ordinary writing is confined to English and ON.. When

I say ‘what’ happened to the past tense of the verb, it is more an explanation of why it happened than anything else. But perhaps it has some small merits as an explanation of ‘how’ it happened.

Per my own sense of it is that it is an example of the tendency of languages towards economy, the effort to use (and understand)’red’ or’redd’ to denote the past tense or past participle was not repaid in significantly greater clarity about what was being written, even though it is reflected in the different pronunciation of the past tense ( ‘I once read’, ‘I will read’ ). Yes “red” was already used in a whole other meaning. However, “red” and even more so “redd” were also used in other meanings.

Why should we write read instead of readed? Is it possible to become a member?

“built” was once not uncommon (from the OED): ‘c

1150 The Grave in Thorpe Analecta 142 e wes bold ebyld er. u iboren were. . 2656 He wolde bulden twea burh. 1297 R. Glouc., Pl. 439 At Wyndelsore..at noble stede ys, at he let bulde hym sulf. destroyed them and cursed it, and alle hem that bylled them aen. 1430 L. Lydg. Story of Thebes dj. j in d. archit. III. A porche bylte of square stons. 47. 1480 Caxton Descr. Brit. 13 He bylded Caunterbury. 1526 Pilgr. Perf. (W. De W. 1531) 138 b, Jerico, Hay, and Gabaon, whiche y pagans boughtlded. How did we find the truth about 1541 in a Turner Sel. Rec. Oxford 164 Standyngs Now Made and buyldyd or hereafter to be Made and buyld for the said fayre. 1562 J. Heywood Prov. cv.. 1341 J. Heywood Prov. cv.. & Epigr. (1867) 168 Roome wasn’t bylt on one day. 1601 Chester Love’s Mart cx. At Mount Paladour he built his tent. From that point he went wandering around and saw vultures. 1644 Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 75 A castle built on a very steep cliff. Lady Montague Latter (1661-1819) (n.m.), Lady M. W. Montague Lotte (1711) / (n.m.) II. liii. Is this liii? 79 Most of the houses are very well constructed. When the Indian built his house, S. Williams wrote a letter to the Indians. Home or apartment, If I want air to find its way to the back gate of my house then the door must be closed by nightingale nursing 18 You must be so built as that the outer air shall find its way. I want the whole house to be empty in any space but that is the farthest point of the house, Your house ought to be a good thing. Is the house so very good? Why? Why

do most people settle on terms like “name, words, name”? What is available is that the extraordinary imprecision in spelling and pronunciation in former times created the opportunity for so much variation (random or otherwise) to come down to us today.