Comment by thomassmith65
17 hours ago
The author writes well. Within a few paragraphs the reader entirely forgets that "I couldn't publish Crap Towns today" is a hypothetical.
17 hours ago
The author writes well. Within a few paragraphs the reader entirely forgets that "I couldn't publish Crap Towns today" is a hypothetical.
Yeah I kept reading for the part where the author addresses the thesis, but that's not what it's about.
Is it about keeping you reading for long enough to show you a pop-up for his newsletter?
Just disable JavaScript and get on with your life
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I thought that too, it it quite hard to uncover the logical argument there. Appears to be sourced from conversations with journalists. I ended up just trusting that it was true in order to engage with the rest of the piece.