tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post2554500471434229491..comments2023-05-22T10:42:54.046-04:00Comments on 6th or 7th: The things I don't knowEthanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498712279382078624noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-13674541458021079842010-04-22T09:09:44.446-04:002010-04-22T09:09:44.446-04:00And it's worth saying to yourself, too. Who...And it's worth saying to yourself, too. Who's to say you'll remember the insight if you don't write about it?<br /><br />Thanks for the book recommendation. I looks like a good one.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08014014605639738887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-74135567960746789362010-04-21T18:36:16.422-04:002010-04-21T18:36:16.422-04:00Thanks, Richard. I always try to keep in mind that...Thanks, Richard. I always try to keep in mind that what is obvious to me is not necessarily going to be obvious to someone else, and that what is obvious to someone else is not necessarily going to be obvious to me, both while writing and while reading others; I'm not frequently successful at either, unfortunately. Another thing I try and fail to remember is that if something's important, it's worth saying regardless of whether it's news or not.<br /><br />Incidentally, I know you have a lot of reading on your plate these days, but if you have the chance and you haven't read it, I can't recommend <i>Assata</i> highly enough. It's one of the very few genuinely inspiring books I've ever read, and also full of useful pointings-out of a wide variety of things like the language and legacy of the 13th Amendment.Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498712279382078624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-13124715033473991992010-04-21T13:37:48.818-04:002010-04-21T13:37:48.818-04:00"Sometimes when I learn something that startl..."Sometimes when I learn something that startles me and helps to explain a lot of the way things work, I'm unsure of how important it is to share the discovery, because I have no idea if it's just me being ignorant or if it's genuinely something most people don't know."<br /><br />I know what you mean here. I spend far too much time worrying about whether I should bother blogging something like this. Everybody already knows, right? (Or least that everybody I imagine to be my audience, whatever that means.)<br /><br />As for the rest of the post, wow, I have to admit I'd never thought about it in those terms, though I'm sure I knew full well the text of the 13th Amendment. Good post.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08014014605639738887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-11772518665619432412010-04-19T20:36:46.761-04:002010-04-19T20:36:46.761-04:00Ew, I don't want some icky black liver in my b...Ew, I don't want some icky black liver in my beautiful white body!Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498712279382078624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-73613933343118879442010-04-19T12:31:50.583-04:002010-04-19T12:31:50.583-04:00Can't wait until organ sales are legalized, wh...Can't wait until organ sales are legalized, what with prisoners not fully being in legal possession of their bodies...Jack Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.com