I am always surprised by the extent to which so many writers whom I admire are way more embedded within writing traditions than I myself am
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you are shockingly anti-tradition, though. I think that bias makes you blind to the few "theres" that actually remain in the world
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I think it's fair to argue that there aren't a lot of important theres remaining, but they do exist and can be valuable
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a high-leverage physical location that gives you access to important tribal knowledge that can't otherwise be gained?
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I certainly don't think that's going away. I just think the 'unique local color' part is going to matter less

