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apitoday at 12:36 PM1 replyview on HN

It’s an interesting point made in about 10X the words it should have taken.

It’s a major issue I have with nonfiction in general though. Most of the words are superfluous. Unlike fiction it’s not prose-poetry or storytelling art either, just dry filler.


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4ndrewltoday at 12:47 PM

Except that the most effective way of conveying facts _is_ through narrative and storytelling.

That and powerpoint, obviously.

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