Well-written English is remarkably well structured[1]: the first or second paragraph is usually it's main point and the rest fills in details; the first paragraph or two in a section provides an overview and the rest of the section provides support, etc. News articles are even more structured: the first two paragraphs tell the whole story in summary[2].
For writing as short as articles on Medium, it might be useful to compare the algorithm to a naive version that pulls the first two sentences from each paragraph.
For writing as short as articles on Medium, it might be useful to compare the algorithm to a naive version that pulls the first two sentences from each paragraph.
[1] See, e.g. http://www.amazon.com/Style-The-Basics-Clarity-Grace/dp/0321...
[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_pyramid