Thanks for the additional detail. In general I consider a post of that length that has a “main point” to be too long. I’m writing something more like essays than like treatises, while it seems to me that your reading style is optimized for treatises. When I’m writing something more like a treatise, I do find it intuitive to have summaries of main points, clear section headings, etc. But the essay form tends to explore the connections between a set of ideas rather than work out a detailed argument for one.
I’m open to arguments that I should be investing more in treatises, but right now I don’t really see the extra work per idea as paying off in a greater number of readers understanding the ideas and taking initiative to extend them, apply them, or explain them to others in other contexts.
Thanks for the additional detail. In general I consider a post of that length that has a “main point” to be too long. I’m writing something more like essays than like treatises, while it seems to me that your reading style is optimized for treatises. When I’m writing something more like a treatise, I do find it intuitive to have summaries of main points, clear section headings, etc. But the essay form tends to explore the connections between a set of ideas rather than work out a detailed argument for one.
I’m open to arguments that I should be investing more in treatises, but right now I don’t really see the extra work per idea as paying off in a greater number of readers understanding the ideas and taking initiative to extend them, apply them, or explain them to others in other contexts.