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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 25 Sep 2018
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    What is the densest general interest writing you know of (ie that does not rely on either specialized jargon or require specialized background information on the part of the reader)? Most general-purpose meaning packed into the fewest general purpose words.

    1:57 PM - 25 Sep 2018
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    • Andrew Miller George Gibson thenikolaitchik Josh Marshall Fabio David McDougall Made in Cosmos 💫 Full Spectrum Cyber VJ Somu
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      1. David Delpino | Daimon-Dave Φ‏ @zerocelb 25 Sep 2018
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        the youtube's school of life videos?

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      1. The Charlieton‏ @TheCharlieton 25 Sep 2018
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        Anything from @slatestarcodex?

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      1. strangeattractor‏ @strangeattracto 25 Sep 2018
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        How China Became Capitalist by Ronald Coase and Ning Wang. I remember reading the few paragraphs about farmers, and learning more details than I learned in the 30 minute Planet Money episode about it.

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      1. Nate Angell‏ @xolotl 25 Sep 2018
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        God bless America

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      1. Richard5832‏ @richard5832 25 Sep 2018
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        This is a bit different, but I've heard people complain that some of the writing of Walter Benjamin is so dense with insight that it's uncomfortable to read.

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      2. Dan listens to the last days of the first days‏ @danlistensto 25 Sep 2018
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        Nabokov

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      3. Dan listens to the last days of the first days‏ @danlistensto 25 Sep 2018
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        and Borges, of course

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      1. Josh Delman‏ @jd87 25 Sep 2018
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        Your tweets

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      2. visa is working on his ebook‏ @visakanv 25 Sep 2018
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        visa is working on his ebook Retweeted visa is working on his ebook

        knee-jerk answerhttps://twitter.com/visakanv/status/956460114508001281 …

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        visa is working on his ebook @visakanv
        My favorite essay of all time was written in 2011, and pretty much predicted the inevitability of today's culture wars (because it happened throughout history over and over again with the advent of each new piece of new media tech) https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/02/14/the-information … pic.twitter.com/m7qBdier6V
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      3. visa is working on his ebook‏ @visakanv 25 Sep 2018
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        but seeing @danlistensto mention Nabokov and Borges – yeah – Balzac, Dostoeyevsky, Tolstoy, Proust

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