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There's so much ego involved. "I'm a misunderstood genius" is enough of a trope that it translates to "I'm above average intelligence, stubborn and can't relate to people" in my experience.

>In 2018, Crawford announced that he had halted his work on interactive storytelling, concluding that it will take centuries for civilization to embrace the required concepts.[1]

"No, it's the children who are wrong."

Being married has taught me that in life you can be right all the time, or you can compromise and be happy. I can appreciate the people who are unbreaking in their resolve to make the world a better place, but his particular philosophical hill is not one I'd choose to die on.



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