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> I've had people tell me that they would love to write a book, but, well, the existing tools are not sufficient enough.

That’s hilarious. Humans were hand writing books on paper and giving them to other humans to hand write copies. A good craftsman never blames his tools.




> Humans were hand writing books on paper and giving them to other humans to hand write copies.

Not very many were, and a big reason for that was the available tooling.

> A good craftsman never blames his tools

Someone who writes a book by blames the available tooling support for the low quality of its content is a craftsman (but, per the saying, not a good one) blaming his tools.

A person who chooses not to write a book at all because the anticipated opportunity cost given the existing tooling support and that person’s personal utility function is not.




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