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"... condense their message ... rather than rambling self-indulgently ..." And in the process discard you discard the layering of supported ideas. Instead you
by bootload 18y ago
"... condense their message ... rather than rambling self-indulgently ..."
And in the process discard you discard the layering of supported ideas. Instead you get a fragment of an idea that you have no idea how it was formulated. Real life isn't like this. You have to sort the noise from the signal. An essay is one way you can do this. If all you want are the short "tell me the answer" type posts you are susceptible to relying on others to think for you and hence be manipulated.
- akkartik 18y agoYou need to provide evidence or a sense of where you're coming from, yes. But sometimes just tying in two disparate links can do that. http://scrapbook.akkartik.name/post/4424779/are-crowds-wise-or-dumb-groups-of-people-are http://scrapbook.akkartik.name/post/4424779/are-crowds-wise-... I make it clear what data I'm summarizing, but the summary also seems more timeless to me than the data. I can imagine it being derived from other books about the wisdom of crowds. Like this blog post: http://gojko.net/2008/08/05/bulding-smart-teams http://gojko.net/2008/08/05/bulding-smart-teams
- seregine 18y agoIf your reader is filtering noise from your signal, they're getting more out of your writing than you are.
- bootload 18y ago"... If your reader is filtering noise from your signal ..." In the processing of writing you are filtering your own ideas into words. This for writers is the main benefit. Through writing you clarify your own ideas. The difference between brevity and verbosity between writers could indicate greater skill in writing converting the ideas into words.
- trevelyan 18y agoOne difference between good and bad writing is in the organization and presentation of ideas. There should usually be flow or structure, although there's no reason not to be creative about it.