I skimmed most of this post, and it seems great! Thank you for writing it.
However:
In this post, I introduce a concept I call surface area for serendipity …
I’m not sure what you mean by “introduce” here? I read it as “here is this new phrase that I’m putting forward for use” — unless I’m misunderstanding, I’m quite confident that’s wrong. You’re definitely not the first person to use the phrase.
Consider editing it to be:
In this post, I describe a concept I use called surface area for serendipity…
Thanks so much for the kind words and thoughtful comment Saul!
You’re totally right — I didn’t coin the phrase surface area for serendipity, and I appreciate the nudge to be clearer about that. What I meant by “introduce” was more “bring into this post / share how I use it,” especially because some people here may not be familiar with it — but I can see how that could read as staking some originality claim I didn’t intend.
I’ve now updated the wording to “describe a concept I use,” as you suggested — thank you again!
I skimmed most of this post, and it seems great! Thank you for writing it.
However:
I’m not sure what you mean by “introduce” here? I read it as “here is this new phrase that I’m putting forward for use” — unless I’m misunderstanding, I’m quite confident that’s wrong. You’re definitely not the first person to use the phrase.
Consider editing it to be:
Or something similar.
Thanks so much for the kind words and thoughtful comment Saul!
You’re totally right — I didn’t coin the phrase surface area for serendipity, and I appreciate the nudge to be clearer about that. What I meant by “introduce” was more “bring into this post / share how I use it,” especially because some people here may not be familiar with it — but I can see how that could read as staking some originality claim I didn’t intend.
I’ve now updated the wording to “describe a concept I use,” as you suggested — thank you again!