What are the most beautiful pieces of writing qua writing that you know?
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It's difficult to separate the quality of the form from the ideas behind it, of course, and I shan't try. An example: much of the writing in Martin Amis's "The War Against Cliche" is lovely, but ultimately it feels somewhat empty.
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This is very good, by Steven Pinker. It's plain and economical and accomplishes an enormous amount. "The Language Instinct" is also a fantastic title.pic.twitter.com/qdFSHxmJCc
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Annie Dillard's "Total Eclipse" I read aloud in the car (not while driving, I might add :-)), and it was beautiful:https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/08/annie-dillards-total-eclipse/536148/ …
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BTW, I echoed Pinker as homage at the start of one of my books: http://neuralnetworksanddeeplearning.com/chap1.html pic.twitter.com/DfZhsmywCG
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One of the best books I’ve ever read
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Ted Hughes’s letter to his son here: https://www.brainpickings.org/2012/09/12/ted-hughes-inner-child-letter/ …:
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Some of Rationality from AI to Zombies is extremely well written. E.g.https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/SXK87NgEPszhWkvQm/mundane-magic …
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