The argument for conciseness these days would be that people are more likely to read it. Medium published stats a few years ago from which I inferred the optimum article length is v roughly 1200 words, if the aim is to maximise total words read (readers x mean words read).
Also analysing my own Medium articles suggests people typically stop reading after about 4 minutes regardless of the article’s length.
But I take your point re examples—they improve clarity disproportionately.
The argument for conciseness these days would be that people are more likely to read it. Medium published stats a few years ago from which I inferred the optimum article length is v roughly 1200 words, if the aim is to maximise total words read (readers x mean words read).
Also analysing my own Medium articles suggests people typically stop reading after about 4 minutes regardless of the article’s length.
But I take your point re examples—they improve clarity disproportionately.