3 ms·
I realize it's an unpopular opinion, but something about his writing style can feel a bit circuitous at times. This particular one was a bit more direct, but so
by davidw 4y ago
I realize it's an unpopular opinion, but something about his writing style can feel a bit circuitous at times. This particular one was a bit more direct, but sometimes I find them a bit of a slog. If they weren't really interesting, I simply wouldn't read them. They are, though. That's the dilemma.
- lxgr 4y agoIt definitely does, but that is exactly the didactic value, I'd argue. Examining the same situation through different lenses in a somewhat verbose way can make things click in a way that a dry and concise statement of facts sometimes can't. I'm not saying that there are no original ideas in his writing that could be extracted as bullet points, but on average, I think that's not the main reason why people read the column: If you're a finance pro, you probably come for the ideas and the clever writing; if you're an interested novice, you come for the writing and/or the didactic value. Remove the writing and the didactics, and you're probably left with a very small audience.
- MrMan 4y ago[dead]
- mbesto 4y agoI'm really struggling to understand the gripe here. > If they weren't really interesting, I simply wouldn't read them. They are, though. That's the dilemma. To provide an analogy: it's almost like you're suggesting someone use technology to take a movie and distill it down into a 60s TikTok video.
- OJFord 4y agoI don't agree in this case, but you can absolutely find something interesting yet also think it could be better, in any number of ways but including if it was denser.