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re this : "if you write about a topic in some fairly durable and public form, you'll find you worry much more about getting things right than most people would
by andyidsinga 12y ago
re this : "if you write about a topic in some fairly durable and public form, you'll find you worry much more about getting things right than most people would in a casual conversation."
i wonder what the bar here is - certainly more than blog posts / self published websites as those are fairly close to casual conversation imho.
glad to see pg picking up the pace on the writing!
- marvy 12y agoHe said what the bar is in one of the footnotes: something with a title. I guess for him at least, the blog posts count.
- andyidsinga 12y agoyeah - I saw that, but seems to me it only barely meets the "fairly durable" test if you assume cache's and other history keeping mechanisms. I wonder if what is additionally required is : "someone you respect asks you to write on a topic". In PG's case, his audience might substitute, for others an employer or publisher might be what it takes.