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Those who do not know history are probably also not doing well in english or math. p.j. o'rourke
I like the fact that they still run substantive pieces. i'm not sure i like the pieces, but it's nice that they do that. anyway, it was always sort of ridiculous, me having anything to do with the youth culture, but now that i'm in my 50s, it's extra-double-ridiculous. they were losing interest in me, and i was losing interest in them. when i went to renegotiate my contract at rolling stone, i kind of halfheartedly asked if i could do half the work for half the money, and they asked if i could do two-thirds of the work for half the money. i ran that by my agent, since he can do math.
My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.
I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs.
I did not have a very literary background. i came to poetry from the sciences and mathematics, and also through an interest in japanese and chinese poetry in translation.
No matter how clear things might become in the forest of story, there was never a clear-cut solution, as there was in math. the role of a story was, in the broadest terms, to transpose a problem into another form. depending on the nature and the direction of the problem, a solution might be suggested in the narrative. tengo would return to the real world with that solution in hand. it was like a piece of paper bearing the indecipherable text of a magic spell. it served no immediate practical purpose, but it contained a possibility.
What do i like about math? , when i've got figures in front of me, it relaxes me. kind of like, everything fits where it belongs.
Math is like water. it has a lot of difficult theories, of course, but its basic logic is very simple. just as water flows from high to low over the shortest possible distance, figures can only flow in one direction. you just have to keep your eye on them for the route to reveal itself. that’s all it takes. you don’t have to do a thing. just concentrate your attention and keep your eyes open, and the figures make everything clear to you. in this whole, wide world, the only thing that treats me so kindly is math.
I think the really cool and compelling thing about math and physics is that it opens up entry to all these hypotheticals - or at least, it gives you the language to talk about them. but at the same time, if a scenario is completely disconnected from reality, it's not all that interesting.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can make me think i deserved it.
Elodin proved a difficult man to find. he had an office in hollows, but never seemed to use it. when i visited ledgers and lists, i discovered he only taught one class: unlikely maths. however, this was less than helpful in tracking him down, as according to the ledger, the time of the class was 'now' and the location was 'everywhere.
The key to good worldbuilding is leaving out most of what you create. you, as the author, had damn well better know the where all that dragon food comes from, but that doesn't mean that i, as a reader, want to read a five thousand word essay about you explaining it to me. i don't need to see the math, but i can tell by the details you provide whether or not you've thought these things through to their logical conclusions.
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