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It's a bit heavy on the purple prose (though I was guilty of a very similar writing style in my 20s, and as I got on in life the purity of the idea became more
by vunderba 2y ago
It's a bit heavy on the purple prose (though I was guilty of a very similar writing style in my 20s, and as I got on in life the purity of the idea became more important than its surrounding ornamental structures).
The gist of the article reminds me of a quote from the famous pianist Clara Schumann who would admonish her more virtuosic students for striving to play through passages as rapidly as possible.
"Why hurry over beautiful things? Why not linger and enjoy them?"
- zozbot234 2y agoSo you're saying that Attention Is All You Need? (badum tss)
- bsbsjsusj 2y agoYes, and if you want the verbose version, an LLM can generate that.
- keybored 2y ago> It's a bit heavy on the purple prose (though I was guilty of a very similar writing style in my 20s, and as I got on in life the purity of the idea became more important than its surrounding ornamental structures). I can see that.
- hackernewds 2y agoThe ornamentation I think is necessary to let the reader recreate something so ethereal to explain. Like a koan. It benefited me at least.
- akoboldfrying 2y agoI still drift towards this overweening style myself if I'm not careful, which is probably why I hate it so much. I couldn't make it past paragraph 3.
- Separo 2y agoTotally. Feels like a literary street performer.