Higher death rates for words, the authors say, are largely a matter of homogenization.

WSJ: Culturomics Looks at the Birth and Death of Words

While homogenization may limit students at the very top, it might help some of those below the mean.

FORBES: Conflict Of Interest Behind News Corp Tablet

Critics--mostly leftists, but a few prominent paleoconservatives as well--carp endlessly about the homogenization of American thought and culture.

FORBES: The Where of Happiness