It seems so clear this way
Just came across a photo I took after my last big brainstorming session with my advisor Ron about my dissertation (click it for a larger version):
Essentially, I’ve written a several-hundred page version of what’s on that blackboard. To be frank, it’s quite possible that I could have made the argument more straightforwardly and succinctly on the blackboard than in several hundred pages, but I can’t very well walk into a defense with a blackboard and say “Here you go.”
Though it would be quite fun to see what would happen if I did…