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Re:What concept would improve everybody's cognitive toolkit?... by itsArtur on Monday April 06, 2020 @05:01PM (#22797821)
I am not a native english speaker and it was really difficult for me to read this essay and understand its purpose. Is this writing style considered "good"?
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Re:What concept would improve everybody's cognitive toolkit?... by andrewprock on Monday April 06, 2020 @05:08PM (#22797894)
In my experience, this writing style is indicative of the author speaking to an ongoing conversation where people are writing about the topic in many places.

As a stand-alone essay, this is very bad. As a contribution to a conversation, as you might see in an online forum, this probably makes more sense.

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Re:What concept would improve everybody's cognitive toolkit?... by argonaut on Monday April 06, 2020 @09:46PM (#22799659)
As a native speaker, I found the essay to be long-winded and over-complicated. It uses twice as many words as it needs to convey the same point.
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