1/ I've written one book from scratch, one from an email list archive, one from a blog series. Making a book is always an act of archival.
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5/ Some conclude if it isn't in a dead tree and by a dead author, it's noise. That's rationalization of lack of skill with living knowledge
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6/ Ironically, same people who idolize books over blogs prize "tacit knowledge" and "oral culture" by which they seem to mean campfire chats
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@vgr also, 90+ % of books have at most blogpost-worth amount of ideas and the rest is fluff + anecdotal persuation layerThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@vgr as soon as you drive the book off the lot, the ideas are old. Fill up on fresh, free range, feral ideas.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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