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Friction is the Sacred Site of Transformation

Upasna Gautam · 27 Oct 2026

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  1. Our reading

    Removing effort with AI can mean missing what the difficulty would have taught.

    Their wordsSometimes getting past the difficulty means missing what it could have taught them, a distinction that becomes inconvenient precisely because both experiences can feel like relief.

  2. Our reading

    Writing exposes the gaps in an argument that feeling certain hides.

    Their wordsWriting makes this difficult to avoid. You have to connect the sentences which means the gaps become visible. Those twenty minutes of deleting and starting again can tell you more about your argument than the previous two days of feeling pleased with it.

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