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Long-form writing usually fails -- people leave the path

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Defrag 2010
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Main Talks
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5. Filled with hyperlinks
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What about the hard case of long-writing?
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Problems with long-form writing?
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Long-form writing usually fails -- people leave the path
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No longer prepared to suspend disbelief
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Example of The Origin of the Species
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Need to put blinkers on readers to keep them following the path
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