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My IoB post has attracted the most ever comments along the lines of "why is this so long, tldr <favorite compression>". It's interesting. Kinda fascinating. We've been in tldr/compression mode so long, we've forgotten that elaboration has its own motivating logic and demand.
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This post is in the old refactored-perceptions style rather than the new constructions-in-magical-thinking style. The modus operandi *is* to elaborate along a new vector after compressing along an old one.
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I used to beat myself up when a smartass friend used to summarize my points Then eventually I realized - the summarizers only ever show up after the fact. You never see them summarizing and popularizing these ideas beforehand Someone has to bash thru the undergrowth first
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A: (any interesting story) B: oh, so another long-winded way of saying X? Sure, but the story was the point, you cliffnotes snorting loon. It’s like thinking dancing is about charting an optimal path on a dance floor, or that a symphony is a race to the finish line
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