That connects with my piece on the EA Forum, Articles are Invitations. That’s a nice way to look at it. Over time, I’ve come to see article writing, including scientific articles, as primarily ways to coordinate people to work together, and only having a secondary purpose to convey information. That doesn’t mean that their information-conveying purpose is unimportant, but rather that their coordination function is extremely important and often neglected.
That connects with my piece on the EA Forum, Articles are Invitations. That’s a nice way to look at it. Over time, I’ve come to see article writing, including scientific articles, as primarily ways to coordinate people to work together, and only having a secondary purpose to convey information. That doesn’t mean that their information-conveying purpose is unimportant, but rather that their coordination function is extremely important and often neglected.