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Reading this article has a flow. It feels easier to read than what I expect a modern article of equivalent content would be like. Am I crazy, or is there a tec
by Danieru 7y ago
Reading this article has a flow. It feels easier to read than what I expect a modern article of equivalent content would be like.
Am I crazy, or is there a technique to the ease of reading we've forgotten?
- londons_explore 7y agoI think just more effort went into drafting it. Every word conveys meaning, and the aim was to maximize the information conveyed per word. Contrast to modern articles where journalists are told "You have 1 hour to write 500 words. Go!"
- brudgers 7y agoThere were editors, proof readers, and typesetters involved. These were people not products. Not machines. The technique was human labor. The tradeoff is this little box I am typing into and the ability to read what you wrote three hours later from anywhere in the world. We don't have to coordinate all those people. Or pay them. But the output is unlikely to be as good as what a team can do.