Dang! I missed you and your insightful analysis of basically whatever topic you tackle. You are right that humans make better gatekeepers than algorithms, because most of them care about quality. So glad you’re back, because I may not be a gatekeeper, but I care about quality too!
Best thing I've read for days, Dan. The struggle to be seen, yet not be sucked into adding (typically nothing new) to Latest Thing chatter is grim. I've been doing my best and sometimes even partially 'succeeding', but it sometimes feels like the most thankless approach. In my own post yesterday I warned paying subscribers that I may be switching tack completely (because I'm writing a book). This is because the pleasure of learning and researching something real has overtaken my desire to be an also-ran Substack chin-stroking purveyor of yet more 'essays'. Thanks for articulating all of this so helpfully.
Thank you Mike! I feel like that's the best approach. We have to put the pleasure we get from the process above the necessities of blogging. I keep saying writing is the best form of thinking and my fear is that but churning quality at the risk of quality I'm dulling my thinking. As a fellow man who cares about thinking, I'm sure you appreciate that.
I did! I have since re-re-written it so it's not a direct response, but my article - tentatively titled The Proof in the Pudding - is scheduled to publish on March 7th. I also have a two-parter that I need to rewrite due to your impulse control piece from a couple weeks ago but I have no idea when that's going to run.
Dan T, I really enjoy your work and hope this isn’t necessarily a final decision. You can do sporadically timed missives about whatever is on your mind, I’m here for it!
Linda, thank you so much! I was probably not clear enough with how I phrased it (because I didn't want to spend too much time talking about my own newsletter!) but right now I have a new article scheduled to go out every Thursday between now and July! We'll see how much new stuff I come up with until then but I'm here through the summer at least.
Dang! I missed you and your insightful analysis of basically whatever topic you tackle. You are right that humans make better gatekeepers than algorithms, because most of them care about quality. So glad you’re back, because I may not be a gatekeeper, but I care about quality too!
Thank you for the kind words!
Best thing I've read for days, Dan. The struggle to be seen, yet not be sucked into adding (typically nothing new) to Latest Thing chatter is grim. I've been doing my best and sometimes even partially 'succeeding', but it sometimes feels like the most thankless approach. In my own post yesterday I warned paying subscribers that I may be switching tack completely (because I'm writing a book). This is because the pleasure of learning and researching something real has overtaken my desire to be an also-ran Substack chin-stroking purveyor of yet more 'essays'. Thanks for articulating all of this so helpfully.
Thank you Mike! I feel like that's the best approach. We have to put the pleasure we get from the process above the necessities of blogging. I keep saying writing is the best form of thinking and my fear is that but churning quality at the risk of quality I'm dulling my thinking. As a fellow man who cares about thinking, I'm sure you appreciate that.
Also I look forward to reading your book!
I want to see your response to my article about experts! You said you re-wrote a piece as a result.
I did! I have since re-re-written it so it's not a direct response, but my article - tentatively titled The Proof in the Pudding - is scheduled to publish on March 7th. I also have a two-parter that I need to rewrite due to your impulse control piece from a couple weeks ago but I have no idea when that's going to run.
So my blog is basically a preview of yours?
Yes just with more engagement 😢
Dan T, I really enjoy your work and hope this isn’t necessarily a final decision. You can do sporadically timed missives about whatever is on your mind, I’m here for it!
Linda, thank you so much! I was probably not clear enough with how I phrased it (because I didn't want to spend too much time talking about my own newsletter!) but right now I have a new article scheduled to go out every Thursday between now and July! We'll see how much new stuff I come up with until then but I'm here through the summer at least.
Wow, you mean soccerball club Watford FC. Wow. ;-)