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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 5 Jun 2014

    Succinct doesn't mean short. It means a high ratio of ideas to words.

    10:40 AM - 5 Jun 2014
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      2. Adam Gurri‏Verified account @adamgurri 5 Jun 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg It means both short _and_ dense with ideas. A longform essay, however high the ratio of ideas to words, is not succinct.

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      3. Morlock Publishing‏ @MorlockP 5 Jun 2014
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        @adamgurri @paulg Quite. https://www.google.com/search?q=succinct+definition&oq=succinct+defin …

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      4. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 5 Jun 2014
        Replying to @MorlockP

        @MorlockP @adamgurri Dictionaries are descriptive, not prescriptive. They're often wrong about subtle distinctions.

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      5. Morlock Publishing‏ @MorlockP 5 Jun 2014
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        .@paulg @adamgurri I think a better argument is William F Buckley saying the dictionary should track HIM. Btw, fun: http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/217685/just-what-did-you-mean/william-f-buckley-jr …

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      1. Sunny Bindra‏ @sunnysunwords 6 Jun 2014
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        Aha > “@paulg: Succinct doesn't mean short. It means a high ratio of ideas to words.”

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      1. Joyce Ercolino‏ @jearch 10 Jun 2014
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        Well said. @paulg: "Succinct doesn't mean short. It means a high ratio of ideas to words.”

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      1. Tarun Thakur‏ @thakurtarun 8 Jun 2014
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        +1 RT ! “@paulg: Succinct doesn't mean short. It means a high ratio of ideas to words.”

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      1. Claudio Carnino‏ @ccarnino 6 Jun 2014
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        “@paulg: Succinct doesn't mean short. It means a high ratio of ideas to words.”

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      1. Howie Chan‏ @HowieChanHowie 6 Jun 2014
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        Less is more and takes more effort “@paulg: Succinct doesn't mean short. It means a high ratio of ideas to words.”

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      1. US Design Guy‏ @USDesignGuy 6 Jun 2014
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        @paulg @thulme Nah... it means short. David Foster Wallace has a high ratio of ideas to words, but he's still not succinct.

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      1. David Murphy‏ @mywoolwichfarm 6 Jun 2014
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        @paulg @bnmrrs Make it happen.

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      1. Damien Hoffman‏ @mindfire360 5 Jun 2014
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        @paulg pithy

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      1. Emmanuel Nataf‏ @EmmanuelNataf 5 Jun 2014
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        @paulg I think the word you wanted to use was "concise", not "succinct".

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      1. Will Sewell‏ @willsewell_ 5 Jun 2014
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        @paulg trying to keep that idea in the back of my mind during the last few days of my dissertation.

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      1. Marko Šarkanj‏ @SharkyZg 5 Jun 2014
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        @paulg same as detailed doesn't mean long :-)

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      1. Ted Herman‏ @tedherman 5 Jun 2014
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        @paulg Infinity. Disaugment. Sycophant. Recursion. High ratio, yet not succinct.

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      1. Chris Colvin‏ @mistercolvin 5 Jun 2014
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        “@paulg: Succinct doesn't mean short. It means a high ratio of ideas to words.”

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      1. Ch. Raynaud - ISAI‏ @chraynaud 5 Jun 2014
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        @paulg some say a lot in very few words whereas some say very few in a lot of words

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      1. rahul‏ @rahulific 5 Jun 2014
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        @paulg wouldn't a succinct phrase take the same amount of time to unpack then?

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      1. James‏ @oraeekene 5 Jun 2014
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        @paulg @iaboyeji but can't an idea overload itself be dangerous?

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