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Redbeard's avatar

I like this. Maybe the reason for the decline in amateurism has more to do with cultural expectations (homogeneity and lack of a ‘scene’) than it does complexity.

It is an act of stubborn individuality to pursue something as an amateur, and this perspective helps me recommit.

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Kathleen McCook's avatar

This is a wonderful essay and brings to mind so many things..like the development of cities on the Ohio River.

I am always saying to people who complain abt traffic and winding streets in town that the reason for the roads being the way they are is the river--often they say, "what river?" Isay, "the rover that means you have to cross it on a bridge"--since the bridges are often flat they don't know abt the river.

My minor in grad. school was history of technology.

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