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18 November 2025
From one piece Frozen's Lie: How a Tiny Detail Can Ruin a Story 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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A twist works best when it is discoverable on rewatch rather than achieved by directly misleading the audience.Their words
Instead, the filmmakers directly misled the audience rather than crafting a clever deception discoverable on rewatch.
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The effectiveness of a plot twist depends on how carefully a story's point of view relates to its audience.Their words
Point of view is essential for effective twists. Contrast Frozen with Fight Club, where the narrator's unreliability works because the entire story flows through his perspective and he maintains a direct relationship with the audience through fourth-wall breaks.
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12 November 2025
From one piece I Canceled My Family's Health Insurance (and joined CrowdHealth) 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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People are not obligated to help cover healthcare costs that result from others' lifestyle choices.Their words
But if someone has made poor lifestyle choices, that's not my problem.
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Excluding less healthy members from a health cost-sharing pool makes it cheaper for the remaining healthy members.Their words
And by excluding unhealthy people, they've created a better, cheaper option for healthy people.
22 October 2025
From one piece To Be Useful You Must Risk Offending 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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Agreement is often quiet. It's the likes, it's the shares, it's the nods as people read along at their computers that you never hear about.
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There is some truth to the idea that you are unlikely to go viral if you do not adopt some of this combative stance.
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An idea I'm trying to hold tighter is that the only way to be useful here is to risk offending people. And perhaps if you're not taking any risk offending people then it's unlikely you're saying something useful.
16 October 2025
From one piece Don't Waste Your 20s Not Taking Big Risks 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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Each delayed year costs approximately 10% of life's easiest risk-taking period.
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You don't fully grasp how constrained your time actually is or how exponentially harder risk-taking becomes later.
7 October 2025
From one piece The Past and Future of Vibe Coding 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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As AI lowers the barrier to building software, personal taste becomes a more valuable differentiator.Their words
But along with the question of what you're willing to maintain, as the barriers to creation drop the value of taste will only increase.
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I suspect per-seat pricing for a tool like Slack is going to be hard to defend.
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Good software requires maintenance and ongoing attention, which is why most people will still prefer to pay to use something someone else is maintaining.
18 September 2025
From one piece Having Kids Has Been Far Easier and Better than I Expected 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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The difficulty of raising more children increases gradually enough that parents adapt to it without noticing.Their words
It rarely gets hard all at once. You slide into the new level of challenge without really noticing it.
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Extensive preparation before having kids is unnecessary since parents have months to adjust as needs arise.Their words
This is part of why I think "getting ready" to have kids is, frankly, ridiculous.
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none of the imagined deficiencies in your situation are more limiting than your attitude.
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