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A few weeks ago I read his essay "What We Might Mean When We Say a Clock is Wrong" and found it very compelling. He's an excellent writer.

https://medium.com/@108/what-we-might-mean-when-we-say-a-clo...

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That was compelling, albeit for reasons I can't seem to elucidate, kind of like Knausgaard, right down to the mystifying self-presentation as a sort of loser who nonetheless has many friends and lovers (though maybe everybody, if they were to give similarly complete and honest accounts of their lives, would come off as sort of losers, too).

He reminds me of David Foster Wallace for some reason. In that sense that his writing is long-winded but full of texture and would easily be drivel if it were handled by a lesser writer.

I was familiar with his YouTube work but not his writings. Thanks for introducing me to him.

Ha, as a longtime DFW fan I get what you mean! Glad you enjoyed it.

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