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In the allegory of long spoons, there are people in hell and people in heaven. In each location, the inhabitants are given access to food, but the utensils are too unwieldy to serve oneself with.
In [hell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell), the people cannot cooperate, and consequently starve.
In [heaven](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven), the diners feed one another across the table and are sated.
Allegory of the Long Spoons
wikipedia.org
Cultural umami is the vague sense that yes, for some reason, it is. ““This shouldn’t be good but it is” “this doesn’t seem like what it’s supposed to be” “I shouldn’t be here but i am” “this could be anywhere but it’s here” If you tried to unpack your intuition, the absence of the there-there would quickly become evident.
The Umami Theory of Value: Autopsy of the Experience Economy
nemesis.global
In your head, ideas expand until they max out “working memory” – and it’s only by externalising them in the written word that you have capacity to iterate them.
The Surprising Effectiveness of Writing and Rewriting
interconnected.org
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