The hack is like a politician who consults the polls before he takes a position. He's a demagogue. He panders.
No matter how great a writer, artist, or entrepreneur, he is a mortal, he is fallible. He is not proof against Resistance. He will drop the ball; he will crash. That__ why they call it rewriting.
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No matter how great a writer, artist, or entrepreneur, he is a mortal, he is fallible. He is not proof against Resistance. He will drop the ball; he will crash. That__ why they call it rewriting.
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