Elephant in the room time, folks. (How to reference George Orwell’s classic essay with a single word 101: Bang! Look it up yourself—I have a 250 word limit!) Anyhow, I’m aware there’s a thing referred to as “the mine” which arises in local conversation, and often dominates it entirely. Let’s examine this thing called “the mine”, shall we? See if we can’t grok it?
Oh, before we begin—have you heard of Socrates? Fairly unpopular chap?…