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Jacob Billings

Linguist and software engineer focusing on artificial intelligence methods within linguistics

Liberty

The forgotten message of Martin Luther King Jr.

By Jacob Billings on Monday, January 18, 2021

One of my all-time favorite pieces of political writing is Martin Luther King’s letter from Birmingham jail. The truth in that letter is second only to the declaration of independence in my mind. In fact, they both espouse the same truths and virtues. They are both based on the concept of natural law. Natural law …

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An update to my battle with soda

By Jacob Billings on Saturday, January 16, 2021

On January 1st I made the decision to get off of soda of every kind. I drank two sodas a day for a couple of years. I went completely cold turkey. I have pretty strong will power when I put my mind to something and was certain that once I got over the initial withdrawal …

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Some reflections from Frédéric Bastiat

By Jacob Billings on Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Claude-Frédéric Bastiat was a French economist and writer who lived in the 19th century. He wrote extensively on the philosophy of liberty. As I have been re-reading his book The Law four quotes have stood out to me. Bastiat passed away in 1850 but unfortunately the ideas he fought against still remain and in our …

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Linguistics

On Free Speech and Censorship

By Jacob Billings on Thursday, July 30, 2020

Recently Breitbart published a video in which doctors touted the use of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19. It went viral. Shortly after, social media companies started to remove the video because of misinformation. I posted about this on Facebook and some responses I received were interesting, to say the least. It was much more …

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About Me
Jacob Billings
Jacob Billings

I am a software engineer and a linguist. I hold a bachelors degree in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Utah and currently finishing a master’s degree in linguistics from Francisco Marroquín University in Guatemala City.
My research focuses on four areas:
Artificial intelligence algorithms within historical linguistics and epigraphy.
Morphosyntax in Mesoamerican and Mesopotamian languages.
Linguistics of the Book of Mormon and early members within the LDS faith movement in the 19th century.
Linguistics and liberty. How language affects perceptions of liberty.

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