original sin
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In White’s eyes, however, allowing financial bubbles to form and then pop is central banking’s original sin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
“Their hijacking of the public square is made possible by the original sin that animates their AI products — a brazen theft of intellectual property that has occurred at an unprecedented scale,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
AI companies' "hijacking of the public square is made possible by the original sin that animates their A.I. products -- a brazen theft of intellectual property that has occurred at an unprecedented scale," said A.G.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
While Waltz committed the original sin of inviting the wrong dude to a sensitive group chat, it was Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth who most abused the thread.
From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2025
For medieval Christians, the existence of such a chain of humans provided a most powerful and original understanding of original sin.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
