He barely wrote about his experiences. He had a bad trip after some undisclosed drug and also had something bad happen more recently that is unshared. If you w

He barely wrote about his experiences. He had a bad trip after some undisclosed drug and also had something bad happen more recently that is unshared. If you want to share the first hand account of your life, do that. If you want to make theoretical arguments, do that. If you want to offer empiricism by looking broadly or in detail, do that. What’s less worthwhile is to share as little of your life as possible while generalizing it into advice as much as possible. You can claim “I’m just sharing my experiences”, but that’s not really it. The experiences are a fig leaf, a way to speak with maximal authority with minimal accountability.