On: Authoritarianism of Code (2020)

[ttoinou]

I like people who pre emptively counter common arguments they have been made in the past or that they can predict by red teaming their own thought. What’s wrong with that ? Shows careful thought

[bigstrat2003 → ttoinou]

I think that it's fine to address anticipated counterarguments, but you should save that for after you made your main point. Otherwise the reader is going to get bored of reading a defense of something he hasn't even seen yet.

[salawat → bigstrat2003]

Someone who needs the cushy executive summary because they can't skim read detected.

Sometimes, systems of thought are frigging big. Not everything is conducive to being reduced to "the YouTube Short of Reading".

[AnimalMuppet → ttoinou]

It may show careful thought, but it can also take too long to get to the point, especially for readers who don't have those objections.