CHARLENE JIN LEE A new subject can seem more graspable when it is presented in precise bullet points than when it is subtly described in poetry. Most of us like certainty more than possibilities, answers more than questions. We want to know how to do something, and we want to learn it step by step—and quickly. We seek efficiently packaged information and sound bites just interesting enough to capture our fleeting attentions. Yet, most of us who engage the realm
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