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So drunk self and sober self form a quorum by referee? That's going to be exploitable and slow.
by contingencies 6y ago
So drunk self and sober self form a quorum by referee? That's going to be exploitable and slow.
- eyelidlessness 6y agoIt makes sense if you think about it. If you feel the same way about a thing when your emotions are at their worst/most uninhibited, at their best/most shrewd, and when they’re most vulnerable/scrutinized, it’s a pretty good sign they’re sincere.
- contingencies 6y agoSure its pretty balanced and conservative but you forfeit any potential for rapid action, privacy and self-determination. I don't think the best writers write by quorum and referee.
- eyelidlessness 6y agoThe quote referred to this process for “the most important of their affairs”. For writing, surely that would mean sleeping on and vetting big new ideas, rather than the entire process?