To learn and develop your own thinking. If that’s your goal, it doesn’t matter as much whether you share it, or the reception it gets.
To share important ideas. If you’re absorbing a lot of your content from the EA forum, try writing somewhere else. Other people may not have been exposed to these ideas, so you might be able to do more to improve the average quality.
My personal hot-take is that most people should write for a different audience than than themselves. My own ideas often feel stale and obvious to me, while what I consume is fresh and interesting. But occasionally others’ have commented that they love my writing (and I don’t hear from the one’s that don’t like it all that much).
Thank you. I think you’re right to call attention to the idea of writing for the intrinsic nature of the act. It is something I enjoy very much, and find it brings a certain quality of peace to my mind that is unlike any other.
”Other people may not have been exposed to these ideas, so you might be able to do more to improve the average quality. ” This is also a point that is worth taking into account and acting out. I have a Substack, which I haven’t written on as much as I’d planned to simply because I wasn’t certain of the quality of work I was putting out. I knew I could do better, but I guess the harm of putting out something not entirely fleshed, isn’t something predictable and might not be worth worrying about.
There are other goals you could adopt.
To learn and develop your own thinking. If that’s your goal, it doesn’t matter as much whether you share it, or the reception it gets.
To share important ideas. If you’re absorbing a lot of your content from the EA forum, try writing somewhere else. Other people may not have been exposed to these ideas, so you might be able to do more to improve the average quality.
My personal hot-take is that most people should write for a different audience than than themselves. My own ideas often feel stale and obvious to me, while what I consume is fresh and interesting. But occasionally others’ have commented that they love my writing (and I don’t hear from the one’s that don’t like it all that much).
Hi Riley,
Thank you. I think you’re right to call attention to the idea of writing for the intrinsic nature of the act. It is something I enjoy very much, and find it brings a certain quality of peace to my mind that is unlike any other.
”Other people may not have been exposed to these ideas, so you might be able to do more to improve the average quality. ” This is also a point that is worth taking into account and acting out. I have a Substack, which I haven’t written on as much as I’d planned to simply because I wasn’t certain of the quality of work I was putting out. I knew I could do better, but I guess the harm of putting out something not entirely fleshed, isn’t something predictable and might not be worth worrying about.
Thank you for your reply