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I really loved reading this article. Although I had to turn off my twitter brain to get there. Here is the money quote for me: "Were his readers not reading w
by mathgenius 8y ago
I really loved reading this article. Although I had to turn off my twitter brain to get there.
Here is the money quote for me:
"Were his readers not reading well enough, or did he not
write it well enough? Disagreement is mostly blamed on
miscommunication. The burden of clarity is now entirely
on the author, which makes for dull and repetitive arguments
— and a demand that certain people come to represent,
unambiguously, certain arguments. One’s cards must all
be laid on the table, faceup, and one’s position must
be unified. But the rise of misreading doesn’t give permission
not to mean what you say."
- readcarefully 8y ago”Readers lose patience, and the careful quoting, like snipping coupons with precision, becomes tearing — into lines, phrases, and points."