people dedicated to the traditions that i plunder for their perspectives and other forms of cognitive and aesthetic distinctiveness tend to feel that i don't really understand those traditions it's a fair cop, guv. i'm not trying to understand them, i'm trying to overstand them
yeah, finding something that needs to be done can be strangely hard mad props for resisting the temptation to invent an enemy for its pragmatic benefits, though
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there's this really good bit
@StevenBrust wrote once about fresh-faced military commanders and the distinction between asking "what can i do?" and "what needs to be done?" -
Bujold nailed this once with a fresh-faced go-getter reporting in on something going all 'it was My Duty' and the grumpy dowager responding 'more emphasis on the Duty, and less on the My, next time, perhaps'.
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