Update on Baru 4

Seth Dickinson · 13 Jun 2026

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Every claim below was made in this piece, quoted word for word and numbered in the order the piece makes them, so you can read it there rather than take our word for it. The sentence above each quote is our reading of the claim, not their wording. Each quote was checked against a stored copy of the page at build time; where the two differ, the quote is the fact.

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Escaping poverty and misery has not cost him his creative edge; living in misery just wastes a writer’s time.

Their wordsI don’t think this improvement has ‘cost me my edge’. Being poor sucks. Living in misery and filth wastes a lot of time
Our reading
Tabbed browsing and smartphone internet browsers were a mistake.

Their wordsTabbed browsing and smartphone internet browsers were a mistake!
Our reading
He writes best in constant contact with a small community rather than alone.

Their wordsI have done the most fun writing of my life while in constant day-to-day contact with a small community

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