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[Creative Writing Contest] The Reset Button
KokoUko3y-1
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Overall I really like the way you delivered the message in this story. I noticed a couple opportunities to make the story a bit more rational. I would expect the main character would spend some time gathering information to find out what caused the nuclear catastrophe so they can prevent it before they hit the reset. And as a smaller suggestion, I'd expect that they would also do some planning of who they'd need to coordinate with or how they'd get funds before they hit the reset. Not sure if there's a word limit but if you could find a way to work some of those things in I think it would be beneficial.

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WSCFriedman
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I actually read the protagonist as 'probably suffering from radiation poisoning, might be about to literally die from the next bomb or the building collapsing' as of the moment before they hit the reset, so I would see such planning as irrational rather than sensible - a little information might help, but not if it risks your life (which is what you're thinking about if you're selfish) or the fate of the world (which is what you're thinking about if you're selfless).
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Joshua Ingle
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Interesting thoughts, thanks for your input! I'll think about how to incorporate the feedback.
Why and how to start a for-profit company serving emerging markets
KokoUko4y3
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Are there any specific tools or methods you used to start an EA group in the Phillipines? I'm also interested in spreading the EA movement in emerging markets and would value any insight you have on this.

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