Paul Graham on Twitter: "The biggest sleight of hand in essay writing is cramming tree-shaped ideas into linear form. (Endnotes help a lot. They force those branches to be compressed, but the result can sometimes be pleasing in the same way gatehouses are.)"

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1. Carole Alalouf‏ @calalouf 12 Dec 2020
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  Your essays are brilliant, Paul. Loved Early Work BTW.
  
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1. stifle anagrams itself‏ @PlzBeSensible 12 Dec 2020
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  For me, part of writing essays is not just generating the ideas, but also generating ideas for ways to smoothly transition between the ideas
  
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1. Irshaad Vawda‏ @irshaadv 12 Dec 2020
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  Sidenotes + Endnotes FTW
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1. SA‏ @lfodita 12 Dec 2020
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  Could be even more complicated as many ideas have DAG shape, and some even have feedback loops
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1. Don't stare at the sun‏ @Nmatt007 12 Dec 2020
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  But effective for legal writing because you often have to think that way and make logical tree-like connections. Also, can’t spend all day writing it. Have to get it on paper, edit and file.
  
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1. Jack Chong‏ @jackchong_jc 12 Dec 2020
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  and that's why @stratechery @benthompson 's graphics come into handy!
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