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Brothers going home to bury their father

First failed restaurant

True Part II. On the plane to his father’s town after death.

Back into it! Past New Years’.

They finally made it to the party.

Sex with Susanne. The disastrous band gig.

A long meditation on the agonies of parenthood. Flashback to 15. Parents’ evening.

And we’re off!

First essay in new formatting! "On Presumption", 7/10. I enjoy that the further he gets into this, the more he turns inward (fewer historical examples). This one is about judging yourself accurately. A neat little rhetorical flourish towards the end about how if you think you might be insane, you're clearly not insane. He thinks he has a poor memory and grasps things slowly, but he holds onto them once he does.

Non-orientable Möbius time

Infectious, freewheeling narrative voice.

Losing the thread of the plot a little. But at least Copperfield is a writer

Tensers vs Detensers

The famous nightmare counseling scene. The cardinal is dead. Cromwell is a councillor now. The great schism is almost upon us. An affair with Johane?

IDK, it kind of seems like she has no idea what she's doing and her employers don't like her.

The cardinal has been exiled. Cromwell is talking regularly with Henry, and sparring with Stephen Gardiner + Thomas More.

Flashback to Cardinal Wolsey browbeating Thomas Boleyn. "Always find out what people are wearing underneath their clothes".

"The only thing running in the cooks' noses" LOL

The cardinal in disgrace.

Reread! Finished the prologue.

Done!

Loss aversion — possession is 9/10ths of the law.

The endowment effect.

Skipped over a lot, but a dense section on prospect theory is upon us.

Associations, priming, cognitive ease and strain. Our intuition improves in a good mood (System 1 takes over)