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> Ars writers used to be actual experts, sometimes even phd level, on technical fields. And they used to write fantastical and very informative articles. Who is

> Ars writers used to be actual experts, sometimes even phd level, on technical fields. And they used to write fantastical and very informative articles. Who is left now? What places on the internet remains where articles are written by actual experts? I know only of a few, and they get fewer every year.

lapcat 9mo ago
> What places on the internet remains where articles are written by actual experts? The personal blogs of experts.
- embedding-shape 9mo ago
  Examples? :)
  - alright2565 9mo ago
    First one that comes to mind is https://morethanmoore.substack.com/ https://morethanmoore.substack.com/
    - embedding-shape 9mo ago
      Run by a Dr. Ian Cutress. Never heard about before, seems to describe themselves like this: > Industry Analyst, More Than Moore. Youtube Influencer and Educator. Seems they're one example of the sad trend of people going from being experts and instead diving into "influencing" instead, which comes with a massive list of drawbacks.
      - weiliddat 9mo ago
        Ian wrote a lot of in-depth technical reviews and articles at Anandtech. He’s not a nobody. https://archive.is/2022.02.18-161603/https://www.anandtech.com/show/17270/going-from-there-to-here-and-beyond https://archive.is/2022.02.18-161603/https://www.anandtech.c...
      - amarant 9mo ago
        Damn, for someone asking specifically for experts with blogs, you sure have harsh opinion of experts with blogs!
bloggie 9mo ago
techbriefs, photonics spectra, photonics focus, EAA Sport Aviation? I don't think it's going to be anything super popular, to become popular you have to appeal to a broad audience. But in niches there is certainly very high quality material. It also won't be (completely) funded by advertising.
rfc2324 9mo ago
https://theconversation.com/us/who-we-are https://theconversation.com/us/who-we-are is one of my favorites. Global academics writing about their research when something happens in the world or when they are published in a journal.
- rdmuser 9mo ago
  One other thing people might like about the conversation is that it has a bunch of regional subsections so it isn't overrun by US news like a lot of news sites. Well outside the US section of course. I know I personally appreciate having another source of informed writting that also covers local factors and events.
- dotancohen 9mo ago
  That may be for the technology and science sections. But the politics section is clearly pushing an agenda with regard to the current US administration - even though it is an agenda many people online might agree with. That section is not global, it is US-centric, and it heavily favours the popular side of the issue.
  - throawayonthe 9mo ago
    i don't think these are as contradictory as you make them out to be
    - dotancohen 9mo ago
      I'm not pointing out a contradiction. I am pointing out that this site - which otherwise seems great - it heavily promoting the popular-online side of a very controversial subject. It looks like they know how to grow an audience at the expense of discourse, because those adherent to the popular-online side will heavily attack all publications that discuss the other side. Recognising this, it is hard to seriously consider their impartiality in other fields. It's very much the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect. "Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray's case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or the issues. Often, the article is so wrong it actually presents the story backward—reversing cause and effect. I call these the "wet streets cause rain" stories. Paper's full of them. In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story, and then turn the page to national or international affairs, and read as if the rest of the newspaper was somehow more accurate about Palestine than the baloney you just read. You turn the page, and forget what you know." -Michael Crichton
Levitating 9mo ago
lwn.net?
ycombinete 9mo ago
The London review of Books frequently has domain experts writing their reviews.
justinclift 9mo ago
The Register? :) https://www.theregister.com https://www.theregister.com
hobs 9mo ago
https://www.404media.co/ https://www.404media.co/ I subscribe
astrange 9mo ago
Aren't they all making YouTube videos now? It's basically the best place to get paid for making expert content.
dave7 9mo ago
TFT Central is still very good imo.

lapcat 9mo ago

> What places on the internet remains where articles are written by actual experts? The personal blogs of experts.

embedding-shape 9mo ago
Examples? :)
- alright2565 9mo ago
  First one that comes to mind is https://morethanmoore.substack.com/ https://morethanmoore.substack.com/
  - embedding-shape 9mo ago
    Run by a Dr. Ian Cutress. Never heard about before, seems to describe themselves like this: > Industry Analyst, More Than Moore. Youtube Influencer and Educator. Seems they're one example of the sad trend of people going from being experts and instead diving into "influencing" instead, which comes with a massive list of drawbacks.
    - weiliddat 9mo ago
      Ian wrote a lot of in-depth technical reviews and articles at Anandtech. He’s not a nobody. https://archive.is/2022.02.18-161603/https://www.anandtech.com/show/17270/going-from-there-to-here-and-beyond https://archive.is/2022.02.18-161603/https://www.anandtech.c...
    - amarant 9mo ago
      Damn, for someone asking specifically for experts with blogs, you sure have harsh opinion of experts with blogs!

bloggie 9mo ago

techbriefs, photonics spectra, photonics focus, EAA Sport Aviation? I don't think it's going to be anything super popular, to become popular you have to appeal to a broad audience. But in niches there is certainly very high quality material. It also won't be (completely) funded by advertising.

rfc2324 9mo ago

https://theconversation.com/us/who-we-are https://theconversation.com/us/who-we-are is one of my favorites. Global academics writing about their research when something happens in the world or when they are published in a journal.

rdmuser 9mo ago
One other thing people might like about the conversation is that it has a bunch of regional subsections so it isn't overrun by US news like a lot of news sites. Well outside the US section of course. I know I personally appreciate having another source of informed writting that also covers local factors and events.
dotancohen 9mo ago
That may be for the technology and science sections. But the politics section is clearly pushing an agenda with regard to the current US administration - even though it is an agenda many people online might agree with. That section is not global, it is US-centric, and it heavily favours the popular side of the issue.
- throawayonthe 9mo ago
  i don't think these are as contradictory as you make them out to be
  - dotancohen 9mo ago
    I'm not pointing out a contradiction. I am pointing out that this site - which otherwise seems great - it heavily promoting the popular-online side of a very controversial subject. It looks like they know how to grow an audience at the expense of discourse, because those adherent to the popular-online side will heavily attack all publications that discuss the other side. Recognising this, it is hard to seriously consider their impartiality in other fields. It's very much the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect. "Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray's case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or the issues. Often, the article is so wrong it actually presents the story backward—reversing cause and effect. I call these the "wet streets cause rain" stories. Paper's full of them. In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story, and then turn the page to national or international affairs, and read as if the rest of the newspaper was somehow more accurate about Palestine than the baloney you just read. You turn the page, and forget what you know." -Michael Crichton

Levitating 9mo ago

lwn.net?

ycombinete 9mo ago

The London review of Books frequently has domain experts writing their reviews.

justinclift 9mo ago

The Register? :) https://www.theregister.com https://www.theregister.com

hobs 9mo ago

https://www.404media.co/ https://www.404media.co/ I subscribe

astrange 9mo ago

Aren't they all making YouTube videos now? It's basically the best place to get paid for making expert content.

dave7 9mo ago

TFT Central is still very good imo.