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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 18 May 2019
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    Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Dr. 𝕭𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖉𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖞 𝕾𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖊

    “Doesn’t work” as in most people who have picked it up at any point haven’t actually even tried to read it. Kinda like Tufte books. All self-respecting designery types own a set, almost none read it. These books only “work” if bookshelf-display was the authors’ intent.https://twitter.com/smart_intellecc/status/1129796122392879104 …

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    Dr. 𝕭𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖉𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖞 𝕾𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖊 @smart_intellecc
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    What category is Wolfram's New Kinda Science?
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      2. Meng Weng Wong‏ @mengwong 18 May 2019
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        I’ve read Tufte cover to cover and I wouldn’t call myself a self-respecting designer

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 18 May 2019
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        You are the 1%

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      2. James / ジェームズ‏ @jgerity 18 May 2019
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        Is this is a criticism of Tufte's writing, the way people interact with it as a shibboleth, or both?

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        Both

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      2. Kyle Mathews‏ @kylemathews 18 May 2019
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        don't they work in the sense that people at the next level of teaching constantly quoting and sharing Tufte's ideas?

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      3. Kyle Mathews‏ @kylemathews 18 May 2019
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        Also Tufte has ran very popular courses for years based on material from his books

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      1. Richard5832‏ @richard5832 18 May 2019
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        Do you have any favorite books in philosophy of mind / cognitive science? (I know you mention "Godel Escher Bach" periodically.)

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      2. Maynard Handley‏ @handleym99 18 May 2019
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        It's possible that NKS (even Tufte?) were written PRIMARILY for the benefit of the author. Some subjects are best understood by writing up a book summarizing/consolidating all the author has learned. I honestly think this is why there are so many quantum field theory textbooks 1/

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        If we buy this premise, then judging such books by how many people read them is perhaps the wrong metric; the real metric is the extent to which they helped/improved the author's PRIMARY project. 2/

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      1. Kevin Marks‏ @kevinmarks 18 May 2019
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        I've read NKTS and all Tufte's books. They are shelved together, yes.pic.twitter.com/A9FVFgTKOC

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