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PG's best writings are the ones where he writes about what he knows. He obviously knows a lot about ideas, how to execute on them, raising money, disputes that
by martijn_himself 7y ago
PG's best writings are the ones where he writes about what he knows. He obviously knows a lot about ideas, how to execute on them, raising money, disputes that come with it. This is a very good example.
It's when he writes about things he doesn't know much about that his essays become incoherent and confused.
- downshun 7y agoI fail to understand how your comment is substantive
- capableweb 7y agoI don't think this is specific to PG, it's accurate for any article you read where you have more knowledge about the subject than the author. PGs knowledge about ideas is so high, that probably just a few people look at it as confused, while other articles have a lower limit for when people thinks it's confusing.
- amelius 7y agoThat's not why. From now on PG should only write about things he thought about in the shower.
- teapourer 7y agoBrilliant.
- grabbalacious 7y agoOr bath. Douglas Adams endorsed baths for such purposes! I'm just glad PG is writing them. I don't mind if they're not always in his sphere. That's the point of essays: to try to sort out our thinking in new areas (from the French word essayer).
- dang 7y agoPretty sure that would cover every essay.
- martijn_himself 7y agoI wanted to remove the second paragraph because it sounded unnecessarily harsh but I must be too late- I really enjoy his essays and I have taken a lot of advice from them.