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Writers often talk about falling into one of two camps when it comes to tackling a novel. "Plotters" prefer to outline as much as possible ahead of time and write with a clear sense of where the story is going. "Pantsers" argue that an outline is stifling, or that they can't envision the ending until they reach it. Flying by the seat of their pants provides the spontaneity they need for a creative rush.
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Instead of England's early Sunday dinner, a postchurch ordeal of heavy meats and savory pies, the author wrote, why not a new meal, served around noon, that starts with tea or coffee, marmalade and other breakfast fixtures before moving along to the heavier fare?
At Brunch, the More Bizarre the Better
nytimes.com
What happened at FTX? “They stole the money” seems to be a true but insufficient answer. I think that part of the answer is that they found, and helped to build, a toy financial system, and they played with it. They didn’t take the game too seriously; they didn’t spend a lot of energy hiring accountants and compliance people, because that is not the fun part of finance. They built clever systems for margin lending and risk management, because it is fun to build an idealized trading system from scratch. But they also exempted themselves—Alameda—from that system, because it was just a game. In the real world, if you run a hedge fund and your balance becomes negative, the game is over. At FTX, when Alameda’s balance became negative, it got to keep playing.
How Not to Play the Game
bloomberg.com
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