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I see this sort of comment on every New Yorker article posted here. The style of the magazine is not efficient, short articles. Some people do enjoy longer form
by willbw 8y ago
I see this sort of comment on every New Yorker article posted here. The style of the magazine is not efficient, short articles. Some people do enjoy longer form, descriptive writing, even if it could be summarised in a shorter article.
- viridian 8y agoSure, and that's reasonable. I'm a fan of slatestarcodex.com, which posts a lot of long form content as well, the problem for me here was that the author didn't even outline the direction of the counterpoint in seven paragraphs.
- viridian 8y agoI also just wanted to let everyone know, that back when this article first came out, another HN user summed up my thoughts better than I could myself: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16135800 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16135800
- ep103 8y agoI also like longform.org
- TeMPOraL 8y agoYou can't really compare SlateStarCodex with New Yorker. The way Scott Alexander writes is information-dense and doesn't go off completely pointless tangents. It's long because he has a lot to say, not because it's an art style.