FodnessMemo31

Both Benjamin Barber's Jihad vs. McWorld and Lawrence Lessig's Code v. 2.0 are written in a very systematic, logical style which is similar to how I (would like to) write. Their argument is logically delimited into easy to swallow chunks, which are signposted well, and systematically build an argument which is very strong. Neal Stephenson's cyberpunk writings reflect a style of deploying technical language that is exciting and translates to non-technical people, which I would like to emulate as well. Since I think about writing as a structure of argumentation, I will likely structure my dissertation and eventual book using categories and logical structures found in policy debate. I was planning on including an appendix in my dissertation / book which is my dissertation / book restructured as a policy debate case (because this is fun for me).