- A [[story]] shows [[change]] in someone over [[time]]. - The Casper Tiny Business Book Club: a way to bring tiny [[business]] starters together in Casper. - [[Communities]] benefit from a fear of missing out, which come from [[barriers]] to entry. At the most basic level, [[time]] and [[space]] are barriers to entry. collapsed:: true - Nodes need a way to connect to other nodes directly. Lots of small gatherings are needed to make a bigger [[group]] healthy. - Questions to ask to find a [[business]]: collapsed:: true - What [[problems]] do people have? - How many people share that [[problem]]? - Who do people get [[advice]] from in that [[space]]? - What are their [[weaknesses]]? - Which [[distribution]] models are most effective? - What problem isn't being solved? - Kevin Von Duuglas-Ittu talks about "building a net with the world" to describe how competent Muay [[Thai]] [[fighters]] slowly stop [[movement]] in an [[opponent]]. This parallels "setting traps" or "creating luck". [[Position]] in an [[environment]] is used to [[block]] off movement for whoever is being [[hunted]]. - "it is quite often a [[stalking]] [[game]] of techniques, exerting [[pressure]] on [[space]] and [[time]], until the [[kill]] can happen. At it’s highest, I suggest, it is 'building a net of the world'" - "It's not going [[fast]] that's [[dangerous]], but stopping fast"- also applies to [[throws]] and [[unarmed]] [[combat]]. - [[Change]] creates [[tension]]. - [[Sailing]] with the [[wind]] limits speed more than sailing against it because the sail acts as a [[parachute]] and the boat can only go as [[fast]] as the wind (rather than faster). - hips higher, square to the ground, spine aligned, between [[earth]] and [[sky]], be upright - "[[Magic]] only happens in a spectator's [[mind]]...focus on bringing an [[experience]] to the [[audience]]." - Who are the passionate [[outsiders]] with no [[tribe]] yet? collapsed:: true - Who's bored with yesterday and demands tomorrow? - When to take a [[slow]] bend, and when to go [[fast]] to float over a [[problem]]? - Things [[fans]] of Jack Carr talk about from his [[books]]: collapsed:: true - Nonstop action (how would one make [[written]] [[action]] [[flow]]?) - --some chapters are still considered too long for fans - Cell workout routine- a fan says they're stealing the character's workout routine. - People are annoyed with how many books seemingly minor plotlines take. - Funny glimpses to the author's worldview through the glossary. - You know the end (Reece will escape). You know the beginning (people have cornered Reece). People read to find out the middle (how?). - Hatchet patches- something for people to wear or display that shows that they are fans of the story. collapsed:: true - -A fan made a tomahawk to mimic the tomahawk used by characters. - -people are making breakfast dishes from the books. - -fans are wishing for the ability to purchase patches from the units in the series - -people are ordering watches that characters use in the books - "I have never felt as much [[anxiety]] and adrenaline listening to something before." - A reader has a feeling that anyone, including someone close to the [[protagonist]], could be a spy. This creates [[tension]]. Carr casts suspicion on someone close to Reece that Reece is putting all his eggs in- so the [[stakes]] are high. - Less politics, more ass-kicking. - Sucking air out of someone's throat underwater. - Reece's dad leaves him a note that suggests a puzzle. This puzzle is not solved until book 7. - People want to go to the [[places]] referred to in the book, even if they're not real- they get the idea that it is a reference to something real. - Who is going to die? <- creates [[tension]] - Redacted portion of the book. - How did X happen? - Most fans are [[listening]] to [[audiobook]], rather than [[reading]]. - In the Blood ending. - - Things [[fans]] of Heinlein talk about from his [[books]]: collapsed:: true - Quotes about the nature of humanity. - Quotes about political dynamics. - Introduction to alternative views on sexuality (polyamory, bisexuality, sexual acceptance). - Competent man as celebration of man. - A character who is what a male reader admires in women (freedom of embodied expression), followed by trauma closing the expression up. The reader cried on the scene about her having her lover come home in a coffin and hearing Taps. - Things [[fans]] of qntm talk about from his [[books]]: collapsed:: true - [[Worldbuilding]] doesn't overexplain, which gives it room to breathe. - "It's nice to get a story of [[existential]] [[horror]], in the face of vast and inimical entities from beyond human comprehension, that isn't just another Lovecraft pastiche." - Uplifting good vs evil end despite an extremely uncertain world. - Human feeling contrasted against existential alienation. - Endings that are touching and deeply personal, as well as with a grand [[vision]] for the future of humanity. - Putting human life into a galactic perspective and making the reader feel insignificant in a vast world. - Appreciating anti-fascist just-so stories. - Plausible explanation of magic (perhaps echoing Wattsian vampires). - Hard scifi magic (the paradox attraction thingy) - A sense of people getting punished for being confident (the protagonist gets punished) - Some things remain unknown, and unexplained. - [[Cold]] [[air]] = [[high]] [[pressure]] [[Warm]] air = [[low]] pressure