Real talk: I generally let on that I’m content that my work remains marginal, but I gotta say I’ve been really frustrated all this summer.
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Real talk: I generally let on that I’m content that my work remains marginal, but I gotta say I’ve been really frustrated all this summer.
I’ve seen *so many conversations* where people are expressing their grief and helplessness and anguish about the big heat and everything it implies. And I keep wishing someone in these conversations would pipe up and say, “You know, I read this really good book about *just this situation*, and what we can do about it,” and it just. never. happens.
At this point, it’s hard to conclude anything other than that “Lifehouse” has failed to find the readers it was meant for, and do the work it was meant to do. And it’s not for want of me trying – I’ve exhausted my organic means of calling attention to it. *I’m* exhausted. I need to let it go.
@adamgreenfield which way of buying it gets the largest share in your pocket?
Asking for a friend.
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Real talk: I generally let on that I’m content that my work remains marginal, but I gotta say I’ve been really frustrated all this summer.
I’ve seen *so many conversations* where people are expressing their grief and helplessness and anguish about the big heat and everything it implies. And I keep wishing someone in these conversations would pipe up and say, “You know, I read this really good book about *just this situation*, and what we can do about it,” and it just. never. happens.
At this point, it’s hard to conclude anything other than that “Lifehouse” has failed to find the readers it was meant for, and do the work it was meant to do. And it’s not for want of me trying – I’ve exhausted my organic means of calling attention to it. *I’m* exhausted. I need to let it go.
My experience of reading Lifehouse (which I paid for and everything):
1) read first one half to two thirds of the book, which was an interesting historical summary of previous attempts that all failed
2) binding of book fell apart (I was reading it in my car) and I never got to last third which was about what we should do. May find loose pages and put them in order some time
My advice: smaller online piece that skips history part
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My experience of reading Lifehouse (which I paid for and everything):
1) read first one half to two thirds of the book, which was an interesting historical summary of previous attempts that all failed
2) binding of book fell apart (I was reading it in my car) and I never got to last third which was about what we should do. May find loose pages and put them in order some time
My advice: smaller online piece that skips history part
@richpuchalsky Search “ill will” “beyond hope”
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@adamgreenfield which way of buying it gets the largest share in your pocket?
Asking for a friend.
(it's me, I'm the friend)@lavaeolus HAHAHAHA ordering directly from verso. but really, raising visibility/perceived salience is *much* more important to me than $. thanks so much!
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@lavaeolus HAHAHAHA ordering directly from verso. but really, raising visibility/perceived salience is *much* more important to me than $. thanks so much!
@adamgreenfield will do
But I'm a bit confused because I found versobooks.com, versolit.com, as well as versobookhub.com -
@adamgreenfield will do
But I'm a bit confused because I found versobooks.com, versolit.com, as well as versobookhub.com@lavaeolus versobooks.com
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Real talk: I generally let on that I’m content that my work remains marginal, but I gotta say I’ve been really frustrated all this summer.
I’ve seen *so many conversations* where people are expressing their grief and helplessness and anguish about the big heat and everything it implies. And I keep wishing someone in these conversations would pipe up and say, “You know, I read this really good book about *just this situation*, and what we can do about it,” and it just. never. happens.
At this point, it’s hard to conclude anything other than that “Lifehouse” has failed to find the readers it was meant for, and do the work it was meant to do. And it’s not for want of me trying – I’ve exhausted my organic means of calling attention to it. *I’m* exhausted. I need to let it go.
@adamgreenfield It is always a problem for authors that if we are trying to change the dominant discourse on a topic, even when everyone is complaining about the poor quality of the discourse, there is deep resistance to internalizing a different way of thinking, and I struggle with this frustration too.
A while back, I was talking to someone lamenting the total lack of X in our field. I said, I do X! She says, forthcoming? No, I said, in the article you cited in your work six months ago.
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@adamgreenfield It is always a problem for authors that if we are trying to change the dominant discourse on a topic, even when everyone is complaining about the poor quality of the discourse, there is deep resistance to internalizing a different way of thinking, and I struggle with this frustration too.
A while back, I was talking to someone lamenting the total lack of X in our field. I said, I do X! She says, forthcoming? No, I said, in the article you cited in your work six months ago.
@adamgreenfield But even though it can take a while before people find, read, learn from, internalize, share, cite, and promote new ways of thinking, you are still laying groundwork for change, and many of the people who learn from you don't yet have the platform for putting those ideas into action. Fruits take a long time to ripen.
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@adamgreenfield It is always a problem for authors that if we are trying to change the dominant discourse on a topic, even when everyone is complaining about the poor quality of the discourse, there is deep resistance to internalizing a different way of thinking, and I struggle with this frustration too.
A while back, I was talking to someone lamenting the total lack of X in our field. I said, I do X! She says, forthcoming? No, I said, in the article you cited in your work six months ago.
@carrideen lolsob the struggle is real
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@lavaeolus HAHAHAHA ordering directly from verso. but really, raising visibility/perceived salience is *much* more important to me than $. thanks so much!
@adamgreenfield done and done
(loving the DRM-free version in particular!
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@richpuchalsky Search “ill will” “beyond hope”
@adamgreenfield This article had a useful description of what you mean with a Lighthouse. I haven't read the book and didn't know what it meant. On the surface of it, I think I and many of my comrades would agree with you that we need something like that. I don't need any convincing really - which seems to be the main thrust of your book. An argument for lighthouses. Would that be fair? @richpuchalsky
