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I was writing about sleep as a metaphor for motivation and commitment. I should have been more literal. Thanks for informing me that sleep is important.
by wschroter 19y ago
I was writing about sleep as a metaphor for motivation and commitment. I should have been more literal.
Thanks for informing me that sleep is important.
- brlewis 19y agoWith all the references to "extra hours" it was inevitable that readers would take the sleep part literally. Paul Graham usually runs his essays by a few people before he publishes them. You might want to start doing the same with your writing.
- wschroter 19y agoIt's funny, people tend to read the articles differently. There's a thread in my comments where people pretty much get it, and then another in the forums where people seem to understand it. It's good to see the different perspectives.
- pg 19y ago> There's a thread in my comments where people pretty much get it, and then another in the forums where people seem to understand it. They didn't get the article with "(How many all-nighters do you pull a month?)" appended to the title.
- wschroter 19y agopaul - that pretty much ties into an earlier thread a few days ago talking about why admins edit the titles.
- jcwentz 19y agoThe stock illustration of the guy in the tie and the rah rah marketing tone of the site don't lead us to expect metaphors. You gotta warn us before throwing us a curve like that.