embracing half-baked // June 2021

wrapping my head around writing, what i've been reading

I’ve been thinking about how, from a technical standpoint, it’s easier today to do most things than it ever has been before (something something “technology + democratization.”) The benefits of this accessibility are obvious, creating opportunities for more diverse representation in historically gatekept institutions and practices. Even in this exact moment, I am able to push out my thoughts onto to potentially millions of people on the internet. But then why is it still so hard to write? There are several interconnected answers to this (information overload, decision paralysis, etc.), but…

related reading

• 🌻 audience of one - by Jasmine Sun - @jasmine’s substackjasmine.substack.com
• A blog post is a very long and complex search query to find fascinating people and make them route interesting stuff to your inboxhenrikkarlsson.xyz
• Pick an audience that is into the illegible you of today, not your past achievementshenrikkarlsson.xyz
• More people should write << the jsomers.net blogjsomers.net
• A blog post is a very long and complex search query to find fascinating people and make them route interesting stuff to your inboxescapingflatland.substack.com
• Writes and Write-Notspaulgraham.com
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• Artspeak After Social Mediae-flux.com
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