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Linda Holmes@lindaholmes.bsky.social |
Yes, very smart, recognizing that the main reason to read The Great Gatsby is the information contained in each sentence.
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Roger Ailes
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They dumbed down the cover as well.
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Nick Rheinwald-Jones
@rheinwaldjones.bsky.social
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That IS what the AI bros think, though. Every piece of art is just data to be mined, so it makes sense that the human brain should want to simplify the mining process just like a machine would.
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@greeney28.bsky.social
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Has the podcast ever covered young peoples strong preference for graphic novels? Including the graphic novelization of classics from an older time, like the babysitters club or sweet valley high. It might be a form of this linguistic simplification, but also adds a lot of visual context.
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Julia
@jesrcerulean.bsky.social
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The only reason to read Gatsby is literary masochism.
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Rusty Foster (derogatory)
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Imagine characterizing the famously short and easy to read Great Gatsby as “difficult” in the first place. Of all the books to pick for an ad for this…
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Adam Jay
@bullgooseparty.bsky.social
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Gotta figure out why he’s Great!
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Scott
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it's beside the point, but my god, the original sentence isn't even complex in the first place!
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it's not the band I hate, it's their fans
@lauramarie.bsky.social
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Do they not know Cliffs Notes/Spark Notes exist? They keep "inventing" things that already exist, but worse.
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Victor Catano
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Tech bros cannot comprehend reading something for the joy of reading or the art of a turn of phrase. And they seem intent on destroying art.
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Marc Hirsh
@spacecitymarc.bsky.social
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Tanowicki
@tanowicki.bsky.social
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That’s worse than reading the cliff notes and saying you read the book. It strips out the meaning.
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Marley Jay, a Werewolf of Wall Street
@marleywrites.bsky.social
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This will probably sell four copies, but what kills me is how condescending this is to potential readers. For around 20-25 years we’ve had tech companies market to people by telling them the world is too hard and they’re too dumb to understand it without help and this is just the latest example.
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