The Handout

Day 1 you listened. Day 2 you looked. Today you discern.

This is the move that actually makes you literate — and it’s the one nobody teaches, because it can’t be delivered. You stop testing the medium against my argument and start testing it against your own instrument.

Which raises the obvious question: do you have one?

You do. It’s the oldest …

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The Handout

Day 1 you listened. Day 2 you looked. Today you discern.

Which raises the obvious question: do you have one?

You do. It’s the oldest …

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