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It was only 600 words. I understand there is a push against AI bloated slop here, but I don't think we should discourage good prose.

I just wanted to share that I find Seth's daily blog consistently excellent.

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Yes. I paused reading at some point just to marvel at the clarity of writing. It seems absurd to complain about length, it isn't long. Maybe we have different ideas what good writing is, but I'd say this is in the top percent.

AI can mirror this style of writing, but it can't mirror the clarity of thought behind it.

I don't think parent commenter is complaining about the length. "a lot of words to describe..." is a rhetorical device. Their comment is basically saying "you wrote this whole article complaining about Amazon, but what they're doing is common and systemic."

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