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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the cloud mouse rabbit hole articles seemed to argue that such things are becoming irrelevant, which may be true...
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but many of those theres have high leverage skills I think? Might be biased here.
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not sure what you're reading into those articles, but scenes certainly matter. I'm just not in any of them.
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my tactic has been to immerse in them but then suddenly disappear when I'm satisfied, leaving behind trail of sad and betrayed scenes
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sorry I misunderstood, should not have pounced like that
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no it's fair 😄 the evidence you cite does not support your case, but I'm actually guilty as charged -- anti-tradition

