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Paradigmsadozen.

Paradigmsadozen.

Start with a tree, climb to the top to see the forest, pick a better tree.

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Nick Sherman
Dec 27, 2024
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1.When i was a boy, i noticed that in every friend group in a movie there was a clown-Type character that provided comic relief.

That was his thing. They were a character. They had identity. This identity was fixed. They were okay with that. So were we, the viewers.

I identified a paradigm.

The fool paradigm has resonance with me.

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