Quote: "...there's a pull forward that the main text effects on me as the reader, and the endnote is a path that's branching off. I want to know what the endnote says, but I also want to keep going with the main text. And those two paths are now in competition. The endnote feels more 'optional' because it's not the main text and it's in smaller print, so it's the one that loses out to the 'seduction'". This is why infinite possibilities are so paralyzing. Consider Erdedy's dilemma when the doorbell and the phone rang at exactly the same time. - Michael M from Bookmarklet