I’m actually sitting on two posts like this. (One about a survey I conducted, another about an event I conducted in response to Scott’s post on rationalists and bitcoin.)
I haven’t written them because I have really high standards, some amount of anxiety about peer judgment, and very little slack to write them in.
(You’ve probably already thought of this) For me, it’s pretty low-cost to just set aside a good hour and do a stream-of-consciousness, and give myself permission to just not post it if it isn’t good enough.
I urge you to consider relaxing any standard apart from clarity, because I support unfinished ideas being a driver of value here. I judge good-faith contributions much more favorably than polished ones!
I’m actually sitting on two posts like this. (One about a survey I conducted, another about an event I conducted in response to Scott’s post on rationalists and bitcoin.)
I haven’t written them because I have really high standards, some amount of anxiety about peer judgment, and very little slack to write them in.
(You’ve probably already thought of this) For me, it’s pretty low-cost to just set aside a good hour and do a stream-of-consciousness, and give myself permission to just not post it if it isn’t good enough.
I urge you to consider relaxing any standard apart from clarity, because I support unfinished ideas being a driver of value here. I judge good-faith contributions much more favorably than polished ones!