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Instead of reading notes, I've been constructing a mind map. I'm on the sixth do-over.

Ah, okay; I think I'm starting to comprehend Wittgenstein's thought project.

Ah, okay; I think I'm starting to comprehend Wittgenstein's thought project.

The world is made up of the totality of facts, not things. Hmmm. Let me try this. My computer as a space-time object is not a constituent of the world, but the fact that it allows me to type this status update, for example, is.

This is my second pass at what has been called the most important philosophical work of the twentieth century. I recall becoming rundown and baffled on my first attempt, obstreperously collapsing into the last page; therefore, I shall slow things down this time.