I see this post as part of a project to attempt “very brief/rough” evaluations of several topics, instead of spending a lot of time on any one.
Of course, if readers can’t tell a “very brief/rough” analysis from a “very thorough” analysis, I guess then we just can’t post the former.
In this case, the word “brief” was in the title, and the post/comments are so short, I would have hoped that readers would understand that the brevity of the analysis.
We’ll try harder to make this fact more prominent in future posts. Also, if others reading this have thoughts on ways to highlight the depth/breath of an analysis, I’d be quite curious.
For me this isn’t counterproductive because it’s “brief.” It’s counterproductive because even in being brief it still misses important considerations. Take a look at the issues that I highlight in my earlier comment. I did all of that without any research. I typed it out during a long metro ride. For me this wasn’t “brief,” it was half-baked, and it contributes to problematic framing around billionaires that doesn’t hold them to higher moral standards. (In my book, Bill Gates shouldn’t get higher than a B+ and the rest of the Western billionaires are C or lower).
Unless the author had minimal familiarity with billionaires, I am having trouble seeing how we arrived at these assessments after 20 hours of research. Maybe elaborating on the research process would illuminate why there are blind spots.
As answered in your comment above, I think that the downside of this is that you don’t stop to consider whether your points switch the conclusion, or what the magnitude of the problems you point out is, and so your red-team ends up being less valuable than it could have been.
I see this post as part of a project to attempt “very brief/rough” evaluations of several topics, instead of spending a lot of time on any one.
Of course, if readers can’t tell a “very brief/rough” analysis from a “very thorough” analysis, I guess then we just can’t post the former.
In this case, the word “brief” was in the title, and the post/comments are so short, I would have hoped that readers would understand that the brevity of the analysis.
We’ll try harder to make this fact more prominent in future posts. Also, if others reading this have thoughts on ways to highlight the depth/breath of an analysis, I’d be quite curious.
For me this isn’t counterproductive because it’s “brief.” It’s counterproductive because even in being brief it still misses important considerations. Take a look at the issues that I highlight in my earlier comment. I did all of that without any research. I typed it out during a long metro ride. For me this wasn’t “brief,” it was half-baked, and it contributes to problematic framing around billionaires that doesn’t hold them to higher moral standards. (In my book, Bill Gates shouldn’t get higher than a B+ and the rest of the Western billionaires are C or lower).
Unless the author had minimal familiarity with billionaires, I am having trouble seeing how we arrived at these assessments after 20 hours of research. Maybe elaborating on the research process would illuminate why there are blind spots.
As answered in your comment above, I think that the downside of this is that you don’t stop to consider whether your points switch the conclusion, or what the magnitude of the problems you point out is, and so your red-team ends up being less valuable than it could have been.