It probably wouldn't really surprise anyone to learn that one of my primary motivations for writing this book is as an excuse to write long explorations of ideas that interest me.
Jan 23, 2023·edited Jan 23, 2023Liked by J.E. Petersen
In an attempt to not overly echo the other comment I saw about a different quote I love from this week’s chapter, the following in particular exemplifies a topic that has been on my mind lately:
“It didn’t take long, though, before I started to realize that there was a wide value differential between one friend and the next. Some of them were headed for greatness, and some of them were headed nowhere. I became increasingly judicious about where to focus my attention.”
This really is such an important investment that I think a lot of people do poorly and ultimately sets them up for… well, not failure. But definitely not success.
I don’t know if I have properly mentioned my affinity towards social engineering, but I’m loving everything about Esther.
Super pumped for chapter 11! Dunno if I'll like Jackson as much as other characters already, but definitely stoked to find out.
".. people are never satisfied after they get what they want, they just move on to wanting something else. So what do those people want now, and how can you give it to them?”
Words to live by, depending on ones motives, hmm? I copy/pasted that just as I started reading. It's not new, but so worth remembering.
Notably, this very young woman never loses track of what SHE wants, relentlessly pursuing even as she absorbs and implements Adam's advice. What seems to be missing, for me at least, in most "other-worldly" stories is this depth of exploration of the human heart.
Biiite…meeeeeee! Dang it, it’s getting late. And there’s no way I’m going to sleep now.
Side note…she is making me consider a lot of things about people, social dynamics, politics… fascinating.
It probably wouldn't really surprise anyone to learn that one of my primary motivations for writing this book is as an excuse to write long explorations of ideas that interest me.
This is...I find that shocking and hard to believe. As my dead-pan cracks into sniggers... My favorite kind of fiction.
In an attempt to not overly echo the other comment I saw about a different quote I love from this week’s chapter, the following in particular exemplifies a topic that has been on my mind lately:
“It didn’t take long, though, before I started to realize that there was a wide value differential between one friend and the next. Some of them were headed for greatness, and some of them were headed nowhere. I became increasingly judicious about where to focus my attention.”
This really is such an important investment that I think a lot of people do poorly and ultimately sets them up for… well, not failure. But definitely not success.
I don’t know if I have properly mentioned my affinity towards social engineering, but I’m loving everything about Esther.
Super pumped for chapter 11! Dunno if I'll like Jackson as much as other characters already, but definitely stoked to find out.
".. people are never satisfied after they get what they want, they just move on to wanting something else. So what do those people want now, and how can you give it to them?”
Words to live by, depending on ones motives, hmm? I copy/pasted that just as I started reading. It's not new, but so worth remembering.
Notably, this very young woman never loses track of what SHE wants, relentlessly pursuing even as she absorbs and implements Adam's advice. What seems to be missing, for me at least, in most "other-worldly" stories is this depth of exploration of the human heart.
Keep writing!