Riddle Weekly 2020.48
Notes from the Summer of Ludd
Weekly events, and an essay 'The Tyranny of the Short Form', in celebration of our new (Longer-Form) Emails.
No blogger wants to produce shallow fluff, and no reader want to do nothing but skim. Yet, because so many readers skim, writers feel forced to simplify; because the writing is simple, readers skim all the more. It's a destructive cycle – and at its root is scrolling.
Or, 'Au thous swain'? Begone, Mathpix Misspellings!