Compression -- theory of literary economy, value: https://suspendedreason.wordpress.com/2016/11/07/ulysses-wilde-and-a-theory-of-literary-compression/ …
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I want to dig into this because it operates on the model that compressibility is secretly what beauty is—I think that's BS.
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beauty comes from the recreation of a rich set of human sensations, in an order that forms a complete experience.
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The reason so much work is so compressible is because it's being serialized into an incredibly low-info-density medium—like text.
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beauty often requires establishing a high quantity of stimulus / second, which in turn needs compression. But the two are distinct
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@literalbanana@thesublemon@GabrielDuquette I guess so I can get a bunch of people angry1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
you have learned well
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which one of you is this smh
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