Paul Graham on Twitter: "But I can demonstrate something similar: all the crap that gets removed in the process of writing. This is all the keystrokes of an essay being written. The characters in yellow will ultimately be deleted. https://t.co/yEK0pjXjIo… https://t.co/1X0MVBWrwg"

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1. kadin‏ @KadinDonohoe Mar 11
  Replying to @paulg @waitbutwhy
  
  Have you seen Orwell's piece on this? He roasts some verbose and complex passages.https://newrepublic.com/article/73258/george-orwells-politics-and-english-language-guide-writing …
  
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1. Brady Pramberg‏ @B_rade8 Mar 11
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  That was cool to watch. Similar to watching a long-running PR evolve. Most of the work is in deleting, and when you can't delete anything else, you're close.
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1. Ravit‏ @ravitshrivastav Mar 11
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  What gets ignored often is the simple structure of a paragraph. At no point did anyone teach me how to keep each thought a modular paragraph. This essay was a nice example of a good-sized simple paragraph.
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1. Levi Hart‏ @Levi7hart Mar 11
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  Where can I find more of these?
  
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1. Josh Gutman‏ @Joshua_Gutman Mar 11
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  What's the platform for seeing all of the keystrokes animated like that? I would watch things like this all day.
  
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1. Nityesh‏ @nityeshaga Mar 11
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  This is exactly why I don’t want to write on paper. Ever thought how difficult writing would have been before the computer?!
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1. Luke Button‏ @iamlukebutton Mar 12
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  Love this! Far better than the essay itself. Just scanning the comments to see when someone will suggest that it be turned into an NFT
  
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1. Jedd Campbell‏ @jeddacoder Mar 12
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  Woah, that's awesome to watch.
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