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history's first influencer, armed only with a lute and a flawless memory
means A poet, especially one who composes and recites verse celebrating heroes, events, or a people's traditions — and, capital-B, the nickname for Shakespeare.
from From Scottish Gaelic and Irish 'bàrd,' the name for a professional Celtic poet who served chieftains by singing their praises (and could ruin a man with a well-aimed satire). The word traces back to a Proto-Celtic root, possibly related to the Proto-Indo-European source meaning 'to praise.' For centuries 'bard' carried a slightly rough, tribal flavor in English, until the Romantics polished it into something grand — and 'the Bard' became Shakespeare's forever.
- job security
- medieval bards earned land and status for praise-songs
- satire weapon
- Irish bards' verses could allegedly raise facial blisters
- shakespeare
- called The Bard centuries after coining 1700+ words
- oral hard drives
- memorized thousands of lines before writing was trusted
- druid pipeline
- Celtic bards trained up to twelve years
google bard — google's ai chatbot launched february 2023, direct competitor to chatgpt
william shakespeare — english playwright and poet (1564-1616), often called 'the bard'