Picking up on a couple of thoughts in comments on convenience in research and other things, I suspect that in a time-poor social economy, as in a money-economy, there's a 'rich-get-richer' attractor at work: those who get the attention, get more attention. If your time is limited, you may not be able to afford to shop around to get it right, (with the concommitant risk of getting it wrong) so the best strategy is to go to the local attractor of attention. Explains much about Dan Brown and Harry Potter.
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Picking up on a couple of thoughts in comments on convenience in research and other things, I suspect that in a time-poor social economy, as in a money-economy, there's a 'rich-get-richer' attractor at work: those who get the attention, get more attention. If your time is limited, you may not be able to afford to shop around to get it right, (with the concommitant risk of getting it wrong) so the best strategy is to go to the local attractor of attention. Explains much about Dan Brown and Harry Potter.
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Goats! In Cloaks!
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... since Hugo Nominations close tomorrow (March 26), my novel The Dervish House (Pyr/Gollancz) is eligible in the Novel category. Said it before,…
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Goats! In Cloaks!
I never blog, unless it's to contradict myself, or I have something of interest to report. This is the latter. Just (and by just, I mean, still…
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My Worldcon Schedule
... • The Psychogeography of Ideals (Panel), Thu 11:00 - 12:00, A04 (RSCC) • Pyr (Publisher Presentation), Thu 13:00 - 14:00, A11 (RSCC) • Literary…
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last minute shamless self promotion...
... since Hugo Nominations close tomorrow (March 26), my novel The Dervish House (Pyr/Gollancz) is eligible in the Novel category. Said it before,…