slide from tonight's class - when to write
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the magic of longform essays (compared to books) is that you can write the thing while it's still interesting
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...by the time you write a book the subject matter is so crushingly boring to you that you can't imagine anyone reading it ever
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if you wait long enough, does anyone ever hit the point where they bundle what should be five posts into a mega-whammy post or is that rude
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oh totally - this is about while it's still interesting *to the author* not in general
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"compression speed" would be a way better y axis label - accelerating self-nitpicking is why we tweet things right guys
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it's too boring and you don't have the energy - can't remember what it was like before researching
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yeah our whole class is built on the premise that demons come help you write otherwise it's impossible
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