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Laura Evans
@laura
The key to a successful life is to embrace reality. Constructed worlds are a form of kryptonite – draining us of our life force and leaving us addicted to jam instead of fruit. Does anyone else feel similarly? https://notes.lauraevans.io/permanent/Prefer+reality+to+constructed+worlds
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I understand what you're trying to say, but I think it's too harsh an assessment and would benefit from a more balanced perspective. The comparison to kryptonite is overly cynical in my view, and I don't think the jam-fruit metaphor you're making is doing what you want it to.
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@laura
To be more accurate, you’re right, I should soften the language, but in an era of increasingly engrossing television, somehow the sharper language feels helpful? David Foster Wallace’s concept of “the entertainment” feels cautionary here.
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