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I have serious doubts about the value of an endless series of ever-shorter summaries in the name of consuming more information.
by thaumaturgy 15y ago
I have serious doubts about the value of an endless series of ever-shorter summaries in the name of consuming more information.
- jacques_chester 15y agoAnd indeed some summaries lack the colour, pathos and delight of the original. Here's a summary of Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: * There was a republic. * Then there was an empire. * Christianity emerged. * The empire split up. * The empire declined. More or less factually what you might glean from Gibbon, but it lacks the sheer delight of that fascinating masterpiece of the English language.
- Eliezer 15y agoThanks! You saved me a lot of time there.
- rowaway1 15y agotl;dr summaries bad
- rowaway1 15y agotl;dr summaries bad