On: It’s still worth blogging in the age of AI

[azhenley]

I think there is a more important reason to blog besides the 3 reasons listed: to force yourself to slow down, organize your thoughts, fill in the holes, and articulate your points.

"Writing is understanding."

[tombert → azhenley]

"Writing is nature’s way of letting you know how sloppy your thinking is" - Guindon

Though admittedly I first heard it from Leslie Lamport and that's who I associate it with.

[gpjt → azhenley]

That's what I was trying to cover with the "make your newly-acquired knowledge concrete" bit, and was my focus in the previous post. This time around I wanted to look into the aspects that might be impacted by AI (and why I didn't think they would be).

[Hamuko → azhenley]

You don't really need to blog for that though? You could just write to a text file on your PC and not throw it online.

[whatever1 → azhenley]

Socrates would like a word with you.