I did notice the same pattern: best people I worked with either don't write at all or write very little. Probably because, despite having better thoughts, smart

I did notice the same pattern: best people I worked with either don't write at all or write very little. Probably because, despite having better thoughts, smart people also have a much higher threshold for releasing their thoughts into the wild. And people who write a lot often tend to be talkers and not doers (there are exceptions of course, but they are incredibly rare). You'd think that the most truthful content is going to win the public. But the reality is that the most viral content wins. A lot of software development "best practices" are popular not because they are producing value (their value is often negative), but because they make us feel good. Very similar to religions, it's not necessarily the most utilitarian religions that are dominating the world. It's the most viral ones.