Could someone briefly summarise why so many people seem to like Venkatesh Rao? I tried reading a few of his essays but didn’t find much to write home about.
From the posts of his I’ve liked, I enjoy his style of allowing ideas to emerge through the haze with an abundance of metaphor and sideplots (i.e. Babble). Good writing needs to simultaneously carry important points and appease the Art God. See for example The Gervais Principle, Premium Mediocre.
Could someone briefly summarise why so many people seem to like Venkatesh Rao? I tried reading a few of his essays but didn’t find much to write home about.
From the posts of his I’ve liked, I enjoy his style of allowing ideas to emerge through the haze with an abundance of metaphor and sideplots (i.e. Babble). Good writing needs to simultaneously carry important points and appease the Art God. See for example The Gervais Principle, Premium Mediocre.