Paul Graham also has a recent essay exhorting his readers to produce content.
Most people don’t even reach the stage of making something they’re embarrassed by, let alone continue past it. They’re too frightened even to start.
Content creation has two ends: the reward for doing it, and the punishment for doing it*. You’ve outlined the reasons to do it above, Jacobian, but it seems like you haven’t tackled the punishment for doing it? (Maybe I’ve missed another blog post). The Big Yud’s concept of “hero licensing” comes into play here: a little voice inside people’s heads that says, “who are you to try to fill in Scott Alexander’s shoes?”
Paul Graham also has a recent essay exhorting his readers to produce content.
Content creation has two ends: the reward for doing it, and the punishment for doing it*. You’ve outlined the reasons to do it above, Jacobian, but it seems like you haven’t tackled the punishment for doing it? (Maybe I’ve missed another blog post). The Big Yud’s concept of “hero licensing” comes into play here: a little voice inside people’s heads that says, “who are you to try to fill in Scott Alexander’s shoes?”
But fuck it, Jacobian, you and Zvi are the only two people trying and I hereby give every reader of this comment a license to be the new SSC.
*(It might also have another two ends, the rewards for not doing it and the punishment for not doing it).