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Took a really long time to get to that point.


This is how Tim Ferriss writes, unfortunately. I think he thinks that doing this is a "hack" that drives engagement.


Perhaps. But these days it reads like AI slop.


ChatGPT literally sounds like it was trained on these influencer bro thought leaders.

"I would not recommend that.

Because that is bad.

Tom tried it. Dick tried it. Harry tried it.

Tom lost everything. Dick lost his dick. Harry's wife left him.

But there is one situation where this might apply, and when I would recommend it.

That is, if you would like to buy a used diaper factory."


I see this a lot of these meandering essays or whatever from thought leader types: write a lot of fluff about a subject and make it sound like you're the first person to have a thought on said subject.


I’m thankful to have learned how to skim and scan.


Nah. You close the tab and move on with life.




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