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    1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jan 20
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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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    2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jan 20
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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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    3. visa is working on his ebook‏ @visakanv Jan 20
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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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    4. visa is working on his ebook‏ @visakanv Jan 20
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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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    5. visa is working on his ebook‏ @visakanv Jan 20
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      visa is working on his ebook Retweeted visa is working on his ebook

      The chronic summarizers are always trying to collect itemized insights. “How can I cut this essay down into something digestible for my itty bitty brain-tummy?” Fuck it I don’t care about being nice about this https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1049579414088863745?s=21 …https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1049579414088863745 …

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      visa is working on his ebook @visakanv
      when you "take away" a thing an author says, you get a single itemized bit of value when you "take away" an author's *way of seeing*, you get an entire universe of it
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    6. Ronen▼.com‏ @RonenV Jan 20
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      the compressed versions are useful if one doesn't get distracted by casting negativity on the expanded version. humans with lower tolerance for expanded versions will tend to be better at compressing them.

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jan 20
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      The compressed versions are also invariably legibilized-lossy. So the expanded versions serve as a source for alternative compressions, some of which may be incompatible. The compressions people have proposed for my IoB thesis are NOT all the same, which is revealing.

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        1. visa is working on his ebook‏ @visakanv Jan 20
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          Yea true each tldr summary does perform a useful and interesting function in the extended universe of the original work

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        1. Ronen▼.com‏ @RonenV Jan 20
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          Yeah, as I selected the word "compression" to translate to "fellow tech-minded nerds", so all "compressions" are poetic metaphors, derivative pop art adaptations, translations, filtered through usually unwitting cultural biases to serve as a hyperlink headline for a culture

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