Cory Doctorow on Nostr: The deaths of Romeo and Juliet were less tragic than the death of the yogurt you had ...
The deaths of Romeo and Juliet were less tragic than the death of the yogurt you had for breakfast. That yogurt was alive and now it's dead, whereas R&J never lived, never died, and *don't matter*:
https://locusmag.com/2014/11/cory-doctorow-stories-are-a-fuggly-hack/Hijacking a stranger's empathic response is intrinsically adversarial. While storytelling is a benign activity, its underlying mechanic is *extremely dangerous*.
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