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Interesting framing of a contemporary issue. I quickly began to think of parallel attempts to reign in creativity and reward formulaic compliance. And, as you point out, the formula often results in perceived reward (more readers, more responses, etc). How many decades did we sacrifice students on the altar of the carefully constructed 5 paragraph essay complete with hook, thesis sentence at the end of the first paragraph, 3 main ideas (one for each paragraph in the body) and then the conclusion that started out by restating the thesis and tying back to the opening hook? It worked, right? Well, sort of. But what good teachers always tried to do was to encourage students to start there and then deviate. Same with other art forms, from poetry to the visual arts. So I appreciated the wonderful dissection of what is going on and why, and how to take an alternative route with the Human Algorithm. Fingers crossed. And is it too much to ask for my copy of The Free Guide? ;-)

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