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Well if you need to do X, then yes, you need an alternative. The alternative of not doing anything is worse in the case (or at least that premise seems to be ac
by adjkant 8y ago
Well if you need to do X, then yes, you need an alternative. The alternative of not doing anything is worse in the case (or at least that premise seems to be accepted by the author). So if you say do X but don't use tool Y, then you need the alternative.
Your stove metaphor breaks because the alternative of doing nothing have no consequences.
- overgard 8y agoIf you’re a professional you get paid to make these decisions. You don’t need a blog to do it for you.
- adjkant 8y agoYes, because doing any research on anything is not what professionals do, they just do everything themselves... Blogs are meant to offer insight and arguments, and all the top level comment is saying is that this blog did a bad job in that respect.
- overgard 8y agoAdvice on what not to do IS an insight. And there's an argument for why not. The idea that you have to give an alternative in order to not be "negative" or whatever when there's not a one-size-fits-all piece of prescriptive advice is just dumb.
- adjkant 8y agoYou don't have to offer alternatives but it does improve the piece. No one said it had to be one-size-fits-all, there's plenty of room for nuance.