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That line was my favorite.

It's challenging to be a public figure, present yourself on contemporary social media, and not be pressured (implicitly or explicitly) to speak up on everything.

Though I don't read this as being about political or social issues. How else would you have someone politely say, "I'd like to be left alone to do my work, but I'd also like to share with you what I'm working on."



What do you mean? "Though I don't read this as being about political or social issues."


ha, yeah, that reads as an argument fragment. I didn't express my whole thought.

It's the sort of statement that might get someone called out as being somewhere negative on some political spectrum, but I read it here as academic.

Dude probably gets absolutely spammed with, "can you read my paper | review my project | comment on this article?" requests.


People are more likely to ask Bret about computing issues.




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