THOUGHTS ON WRITING

"I write entirely to find out what I am thinking" - Joan Didion

https://pluralistic.net/2021/05/09/the-memex-method/
+ blogs as commonplace books
+ blogging requires clarifying your thoughts
+ sharing significant fragments
"These repeated acts of public description adds each idea to a supersaturated, subconscious solution of fragmentary elements that have the potential to become something bigger. Every now and again, a few of these fragments will stick to each other and nucleate, crystallizing a substantial, synthetic analysis"


"Good thinking doesn't happen by passive osmosis of other people's good thinking. You have to actually write essays and journals to debug yourself and your ideas."
https://guzey.com/personal/why-have-a-blog/ <-- so much great stuff in this

Powerpoint:
Jeff Bezos no powerpoint policy
powerpoint & bullet points in general allow you to:
+ leave out what you don't understand
+ avoid nuance
+ miss connections
Edward Tufte -- The Cognitive Style of Powerpoint


"it's harder to fool yourself that you understand something when you sit down to write about it and it comes out all disjointed and confused. Writing forces clarity"
https://nabeelqu.substack.com/p/understanding