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Welcome back. Today we have a celebrity inspired term, Mea Culpa.
Recently Bill Gates used it when describing MS's failure to dominate the online music industry.
"Mea culpa" is a latin phrase uttered to accept guilt. It translates to "my fault." I think people like using the phrase because it is psychologically easier to say than "my fault."
Bill Gates use of mea culpa is interesting. While I am sure Bill thinks he can dominate anything he directs MS to tackle. Apologizing for not dominating the online music industry is awfully presumptuous.
I have also heard Adam Curry drop this bit of Latin on the Daily Source Code many times. My notes show I first heard it over a year ago, back on September 27, 2004. Since then I have heard him utter mea culpa several times. Funny how his use of mea culpa humanizes him and makes him more credible, while Gates' use reveals his underlying expectation of unmitigated success.
I would like to offer my own mea culpa for being so derelict in producing podcasts. I have been busy applying for law school and trying to make a living in Cincinnati. Thank you for staying subscribed.
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