I agree, I think the title is overly clickbait-y. And the defense
But “If you buy the drowning child argument and are a utilitarian, then you ought to make your writing more interesting” wasn’t nearly as pithy.
is targeting a strawman. That’s fine—it’s funny—but it’s not great when the strawman argument is the only defense given. There are other reasonable, succinct titles this post could have chosen instead which better represent the author’s claim, such as “EA writing should be less boring”.
There are other reasonable, succinct titles this post could have chosen instead which better represent the author’s claim, such as “EA writing should be less boring”.
I would make the case that this would be a more dry title, which would have got less readership, which would have triggered less discussion, and thus have had less impact.
I spent a lot of time brainstorming titles. Perhaps there’s a better one out there, but I wasn’t able to find one.
I agree, I think the title is overly clickbait-y. And the defense
is targeting a strawman. That’s fine—it’s funny—but it’s not great when the strawman argument is the only defense given. There are other reasonable, succinct titles this post could have chosen instead which better represent the author’s claim, such as “EA writing should be less boring”.
I would make the case that this would be a more dry title, which would have got less readership, which would have triggered less discussion, and thus have had less impact.
I spent a lot of time brainstorming titles. Perhaps there’s a better one out there, but I wasn’t able to find one.