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How do you know that writing has improved the way that you think? By what metrics did you come to that conclusion? If someone else showed you that by writing th

How do you know that writing has improved the way that you think? By what metrics did you come to that conclusion? If someone else showed you that by writing their transformed thinking reduced their quality of life, would you be less prescriptive to others?

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scubbo 2y ago
"prescriptive" is a strong word to apply to an _encouragement_.
kaonwarb 2y ago
It would be quite sad if metrics were the only acceptable means of conveying personal experience.
pvg 2y ago
By what metrics Before they started writing regularly they were just a Zambit and look at them now. And who knows, you could make beebman following their method.
Zambyte 2y ago
I have never experienced people telling me I have a good memory before I started my current writing habit. Within the last few months I have noticed 3 or 4 times people have made remarks about me having a good memory. I don't think that I actually have a much better memory than I used to, I think I have just offloaded so much that was occupying my brain into my computer without fear of forgetting it, that I am able to allocate a lot more memory towards things people actually notice. I also believe I spend much more of my mental capacity on reason rather than recall. I think I have gotten slightly better at reasoning due to that, just going off how I feel when I try to reason about things; I feel more lucid than I used to. Trying to "remember" things is really more of a mechanical process for me than it is a mental one. I think of some keyword that is vaguely related to the concept I'm interested in, and then hop around the hyperlinks and backlinks in my notes until I find what I'm looking for. Sometimes I will start this process to find a spot that I want to start writing a new note, only to discover that I have actually written the note already! That is always a trip when it happens.

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scubbo 2y ago

"prescriptive" is a strong word to apply to an _encouragement_.

kaonwarb 2y ago

It would be quite sad if metrics were the only acceptable means of conveying personal experience.

pvg 2y ago

By what metrics Before they started writing regularly they were just a Zambit and look at them now. And who knows, you could make beebman following their method.

Zambyte 2y ago

I have never experienced people telling me I have a good memory before I started my current writing habit. Within the last few months I have noticed 3 or 4 times people have made remarks about me having a good memory. I don't think that I actually have a much better memory than I used to, I think I have just offloaded so much that was occupying my brain into my computer without fear of forgetting it, that I am able to allocate a lot more memory towards things people actually notice. I also believe I spend much more of my mental capacity on reason rather than recall. I think I have gotten slightly better at reasoning due to that, just going off how I feel when I try to reason about things; I feel more lucid than I used to. Trying to "remember" things is really more of a mechanical process for me than it is a mental one. I think of some keyword that is vaguely related to the concept I'm interested in, and then hop around the hyperlinks and backlinks in my notes until I find what I'm looking for. Sometimes I will start this process to find a spot that I want to start writing a new note, only to discover that I have actually written the note already! That is always a trip when it happens.