Thinking in public allows your ideas to be polished if: 1. You have a thick skin. 2. Expect "polishing" to involve friction and are okay with everyone rubbing

Thinking in public allows your ideas to be polished if: 1. You have a thick skin. 2. Expect "polishing" to involve friction and are okay with everyone rubbing you the wrong way. 3. Can take a critical eye to the difference between presentation and substance, among other things. Thinking in private is, no doubt, unique to each individual. One of the cons: We tend to do a poor job of finding our own blind spots and biases.