155. The Tiffany Problem
The Allusionist
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The Best or the Worst?
Some people do want to believe that there is simplistic progress and that we are the best ever. And other peple want to believe the opposite, that they were the worst ever. The reader has to believe it and not be jolted by details that seem jarring. For example, how nearly all the cowboys in american film have been white, but actually a large number in the nineteenth century were mexican, black and native American.
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