Nat Eliason
Writer and novelist. Publishes essays and book notes at nateliason.com; author of the novel Husk and of Crypto Confidential.
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Their wordsPoint of view is essential for effective twists. Contrast Frozen with Fight Club, where the narrator's unreliability works because the entire story flows through his perspective and he maintains a direct relationship with the audience through fourth-wall breaks.
↗Frozen's Lie: How a Tiny Detail Can Ruin a Storynateliason.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsInstead, the filmmakers directly misled the audience rather than crafting a clever deception discoverable on rewatch.
↗Frozen's Lie: How a Tiny Detail Can Ruin a Storynateliason.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 6 days earlier
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Their wordsAnd by excluding unhealthy people, they've created a better, cheaper option for healthy people.
↗I Canceled My Family's Health Insurance (and joined CrowdHealth)nateliason.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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People are not obligated to help cover healthcare costs that result from others' lifestyle choices.
Their wordsBut if someone has made poor lifestyle choices, that's not my problem.
↗I Canceled My Family's Health Insurance (and joined CrowdHealth)nateliason.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 3 weeks earlier
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Their wordsAn idea I'm trying to hold tighter is that the only way to be useful here is to risk offending people. And perhaps if you're not taking any risk offending people then it's unlikely you're saying something useful.
↗To Be Useful You Must Risk Offendingnateliason.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsThere is some truth to the idea that you are unlikely to go viral if you do not adopt some of this combative stance.
↗To Be Useful You Must Risk Offendingnateliason.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsAgreement is often quiet. It's the likes, it's the shares, it's the nods as people read along at their computers that you never hear about.
↗To Be Useful You Must Risk Offendingnateliason.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
- 6 days earlier
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Their wordsYou don't fully grasp how constrained your time actually is or how exponentially harder risk-taking becomes later.
↗Don't Waste Your 20s Not Taking Big Risksnateliason.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsEach delayed year costs approximately 10% of life's easiest risk-taking period.
↗Don't Waste Your 20s Not Taking Big Risksnateliason.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 9 days earlier
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Their wordsGood software requires maintenance and ongoing attention, which is why most people will still prefer to pay to use something someone else is maintaining.
↗The Past and Future of Vibe Codingnateliason.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsI suspect per-seat pricing for a tool like Slack is going to be hard to defend.
↗The Past and Future of Vibe Codingnateliason.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsBut along with the question of what you're willing to maintain, as the barriers to creation drop the value of taste will only increase.
↗The Past and Future of Vibe Codingnateliason.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
- 3 weeks earlier
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Their wordsnone of the imagined deficiencies in your situation are more limiting than your attitude.
↗Having Kids Has Been Far Easier and Better than I Expectednateliason.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsThis is part of why I think "getting ready" to have kids is, frankly, ridiculous.
↗Having Kids Has Been Far Easier and Better than I Expectednateliason.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsIt rarely gets hard all at once. You slide into the new level of challenge without really noticing it.
↗Having Kids Has Been Far Easier and Better than I Expectednateliason.com 3rd of 3 in this piece