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Venkatesh Rao
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Conversational account. For work follow @ribbonfarm, @breaking_smart, @artofgig. Tweets are 90% vacuous views, apathetically held. Mediocritopian. IKEA builder.

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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jun 19
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    Writing as viewed by writer: “My journey of self-discovery through time, sometimes forking into branches and merging back, with occassional windy bits and switchbacks, but still, upward and onward” Writing as viewed by reader: “pile of crap with that one thing I kinda liked”

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      1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jun 19
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        One good reason to write detective fiction in a fixed world with a sidekick viewpoint character who grows is to harmonize reader/writer experiences

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      2. Patrick Dugan‏ @duganist Jun 19
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        I liked the one about snacks also.

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      3. Hi‏ @EFletchings Jun 20
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        Always love when someone in a story eats tasty snacks. Take not writers; more sugary sweets.

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      2. Adam Avenir‏ @adamavenir Jun 19
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        I’ve read a couple things by you over many years, not necessarily knowing the pieces were by the same author. A friend recently told me I would really enjoy your writing. Since then, I have been working my way through consuming & considering everything longform you’ve published.

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      3. Adam Avenir‏ @adamavenir Jun 19
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        Tempo is fascinating. Very different from your more recent work, which is lighter and less structured. All of it feels inspired. Your many-thought-threads writing approach is also validating to me as I do a less cogent/more rambly version of the same (ex https://adambrault.com/blog/community-minded-leadership-ambition-and-empathy …)

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      1. Condottiero‏ @TheCondottiero1 Jun 20
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        Depends on the quality of prose. There are things read by people who’ve extracted much more value from them than what the writer might have originally intended. What needs to happen in order to more regularly achieve this effect is a worthwhile topic in-itself to write about.

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      2. Patrick Dugan‏ @duganist Jun 20
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        The Gervais Principle series of essays supremely influenced me in 2011, made me realize why I didn't have equity in Vostu, outmaneuvered by sociopaths! I tried to adopt sociopath powers aspirationally, but it wasn't a good fit for my personality. You've been highly influential.

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      3. Hi‏ @EFletchings Jun 20
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        Mmmmm... Keep going. 🥮

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