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This Is Broken: From Game Stories to, Well, Everything
- jerf 17y agoI've thought this too; the New York Times ought to be like Wikipedia in structure, if not in editorial policy. From any Iraq story I should be able to get background on the whole situation, chronological listings of important events and newstories, and so on; a deep web of information that the newspapers already have but wrap up in this incredibly outdated format with horrible costs. Instead, we live in a world where a simple report on the results of a study is about 50-50 on whether it will even mention the name of the journal it appears in, let alone reference the actual issue, let alone cite it fully, let alone provide a link to the download site (paywalled or otherwise). It's just unspeakably horrible, and like the guy basically says, the blinders the journalists wear leave them completely cognitively unsuited to seeing how they could be doing such a better job. The cynic in me observes that most media outlets at this point are just propaganda outlets of one sort or another, but I'll do them the courtesy of assuming this is because that's the only thing the form they use is good for, so who's surprised that's what comes out? If we want better media, we need better writing forms, regardless of the tech used to deliver it.
- pmichaud 17y agoThis is fantastic personal advice too. Think of something you're doing in your life right now, and ask yourself: would I be doing this if I had just started today? Job? Marriage? Friendships? It's worth thinking about.