The Mystery of Mastery with Adam Gopnik
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The Difference Between Improv and Academia
The difference between academia and improv is that you can't argue with improv performers and must illuminate them instead./nTo write beautifully and descriptively, one should construct small, descriptive sentences connected by 'ands' rather than disrupted by 'buts'./nThe speaker's transition from academia to writing for the New Yorker was a defining moment in their life.
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