>... I don't feel like telling people that they shouldn't say anything wrong or potentially unimportant is the right way to go. I think you're putting words in

>... I don't feel like telling people that they shouldn't say anything wrong or potentially unimportant is the right way to go. I think you're putting words in his mouth. You seem to be reading it as "only write useful things" rather than "how to write usefully." You laid out a number of reasons that writing doesn't need to be useful to others, which is great, but doesn't contradict the essay how you seem to think it does.