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All the facts, none of the journey, like a movie trailer that skips the movie.
means A short version that gives you the main points of something longer without making you sit through all of it.
from From Latin summarium, 'an abstract or epitome,' from summa, 'the sum, the total, the main point' — the same root that gives us 'sum.' Summa itself traces back to summus, 'highest,' since the sum was originally written at the top of a column of figures, not the bottom. So a summary is literally what sits at the top — the gist, elevated above the detail.
- legal cousin
- Summary judgment skips trial entirely, straight to verdict
- executive version
- Executive summary often written last, read first
- length rule
- No universal word count, just ruthless compression
- ai irony
- Chatbots now summarize things humans never fully read