- [<] Status Log - created:: 2021-03-26 - status-updated:: 2022-03-13 - current-status:: #articleseed/essay - [S] Marketing - purpose:: I could use this as a [[Tordotcom]] piece since I’m a fan of [[L. E. Modesitt]]. - [b] [[Book Review of Isolate by L. E. Modesitt]] - transparency isn't all it's cracked up to be - assassination is not more awful than battle. - battle isn't glorious -- or rather, the pursuit of glory is silly (cross ref academic books about glory before soldiery) - spoiled children suck - [[Modesitt - Ievff Corus]] - [[Ievff Modesitt - The Nameless]] But after x number of books some common themes are inevitable. Author 1 does thing a. Author 2 does thing b. And Lee Modesitt? Well... - riff off of [[Misaligned Incentives]] and the FDA piece by [[Scott Alexander]]; it is brave and difficult to be "The one responsible for death." There's a difference between pulling a lever to kill someone and failing to stop someone from killing someone, and failing to save someone is often discussed in fiction.