I don’t like the word “toxic” because it’s kind of essentialist without exposing actual causes/effects/mechanisms/inputs-outputs. I think it’s useful sometimes as shorthand between people who have a high degree of agreement on what “toxic” means in a given context, but it’s sort of a slippery word.
I don’t like the word “toxic” because it’s kind of essentialist without exposing actual causes/effects/mechanisms/inputs-outputs. I think it’s useful sometimes as shorthand between people who have a high degree of agreement on what “toxic” means in a given context, but it’s sort of a slippery word.