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"An obstacle downstream propagates upstream. If you're not allowed to implement new ideas, you stop having them. And vice versa: when you can do whatever you want, you have more ideas about what to do. So [keeping a blog] makes your brain more powerful in the same way a low-restriction exhaust system makes an engine more powerful." — Paul Graham (who was, of course, writing about startups rather than blogging) My name is Kevin Simler. That's me, over to the right... in case you were wondering. I started Melting Asphalt in 2012 as an exhaust pipe for my intellectual life and an excuse to practice the craft of writing. On both counts it's been a success. I still experience way too much psychic friction in getting posts out the door. But I've nevertheless managed to publish more than 300,000 words since starting this blog, which has had the intended effect: helping clear the way (prime the pump?) for even more ideas. Also I cringe when I read my earlier writing. That has to be a measure o

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