I can say with great confidence that madness lies that way
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Replying to @Meaningness @gabrielduquette
I collected 'pillar post' files for 7y when I wasn't writing online (2000-07). Tossed the lot when I started
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Replying to @vgr @gabrielduquette
Couple days ago I re-read some of my 2006 draft of what became the Meaningness book. Scarily naive.
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Horrifying to think about my 2026 opinion of what I’m writing now. If I’m alive then.
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Replying to @Meaningness @gabrielduquette
I think that's inevitable whether you write to a plan or not
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maybe even more inevitable if you write a plan -- less opportunity for organic evolution as you work
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It depends on whether your subject matter can be divided into near-stand-alone essays or not.
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Replying to @Meaningness @garybasin and
Blogging has resurrected the art of the essay in a wonderful way; but the web is killing books.
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Some material does need a book. We don’t have good web tech for that, >
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Replying to @Meaningness @garybasin and
> and also people are forgetting how to read and write them.
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