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If you plot fractal tension/resolution graph of a story, the progressive peaks leading up to the climax... do they form an exponential or linear curve? It’s usually drawn as a linear ramp (Freytag triangle) but nobody specifies whether y axis is linear or log, so it’s unclear 🤔
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holds for theory of mind simulations (film, novels), but there's plenty of drama elsewhere, like extrapolating newtonian physics (golf, pinball, GTA)
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