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Re:I Quit the Tsunami of Burnout Few See by MichaelZuo on Sunday January 12, 2025 @04:35PM (#42677170)
If someone’s ‘story’ improves in notability, attractiveness, attention grabbingness, etc… wouldn’t someone else’s ‘story’ have to decrease in the same?

As human attention is finite. Or is it suggesting that the ‘story’ can somehow qualitatively improve, without limit, while actually occupying less physical time?

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Re:I Quit the Tsunami of Burnout Few See by Cosi1125 on Monday January 13, 2025 @03:57AM (#42681444)
"Stories" are not a finite resource. In the book, Yul tortured his friends (and whoever was the audience) with his adventures and was a rather poor listener himself, but for Jesry and other avout (monks-scientists) it was always mutual – discussing their research, sharing findings, seeking out help, etc.

Your story is something intrinsic; you can decide how you want to share it with others.

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Re:I Quit the Tsunami of Burnout Few See by MichaelZuo on Monday January 13, 2025 @11:37AM (#42685319)
Sharing requires actual time…? Certainly more than zero.
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