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Originally Posted by gmw
I don't know, is a half-a-dozen shorter posts any better than one long one?
Some books can inspire a lot of thought, and for me this was one of them. I believe it is a book that isn't trying to tell you what to think, it's just asking that you do. ... And it can be difficult to put this sort of stuff into short and succinct summaries.
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I certainly find it promotes more discussion to have focused posts rather than longer ones. I don't think I'm alone in finding really long posts harder to respond to. And I'm reminded of Mark Twain's "I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead." Writing tight, well thought out, and succinct criticism is more difficult, certainly.