In a paper I encountered with this sentence: "Smart grids have attracted significant attention lately, and one can even speak of hype." What does it mean to say: "speak of hype"? Thank you in advance

I would like to know why there is intense focus on not offending people? Sure, people should not go about intentionally offending people, but someone will be offended by something somewhere, someday, even if we don't intend it. I have seen this occur in everything from questions ranging from pr...