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Unsatisfied
2022-10-20
Glad it was useful… I don’t disagree with anything much in the 2007 version, but I’d probably broaden the analysis somewhat. That is, I’d want to present it from multiple, more general angles. Thinking that through might be hard work for a few weeks, which is why I haven’t done it. I would, also, change the style considerably.
I never did find that parachute
This and the related pages are useful to me. It occurs to me that I’ve been under the sway of the Mission stance for a long time without realizing it, and that, though I’ve run into difficulties because of the stance, I never thought to question its basic premises. Regarding your headnote, I’m curious if your thinking has changed appreciably since you wrote this, or if you’re more simply unsatisfied with the style of an earlier writerly self?