http://pjrichardson.com/2007/10/06/attention-span-virility-and-flavor/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:54:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://pjrichardson.com/2007/10/06/attention-span-virility-and-flavor/#comment-3 Cin Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:52:29 +0000 http://pjrichardson.com/2007/10/06/attention-span-virility-and-flavor/#comment-3 Yahoo! I finally found a way to write on this infernal internet contraption! Your concept of the deep simple is much like specializing in law, or a Ph.D. for that matter: a narrow subject that you must learn to a great depth of detail. When you plumb law, the difference between an "a" or "the" is significant in their respective meanings and the possibilities that can result ("a" refers to a selection made from a group - meaning that others were available, while "the" implies only one selection is possible). In the Ph.D. we become experts in our field - usually one so ridiculously narrow that only 11 other people in the whole world would care about what we've learned (yes, I know I'm being generous with the 11, just go with me on this). Eh, interruption, maybe I'll finish this later. Yahoo! I finally found a way to write on this infernal internet contraption! Your concept of the deep simple is much like specializing in law, or a Ph.D. for that matter: a narrow subject that you must learn to a great depth of detail. When you plumb law, the difference between an “a” or “the” is significant in their respective meanings and the possibilities that can result (“a” refers to a selection made from a group – meaning that others were available, while “the” implies only one selection is possible). In the Ph.D. we become experts in our field – usually one so ridiculously narrow that only 11 other people in the whole world would care about what we’ve learned (yes, I know I’m being generous with the 11, just go with me on this). Eh, interruption, maybe I’ll finish this later.

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