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Authors like me have little telemetry on how effective their words are at conveying ideas. They know sales and little else that isn't anecdotal. That will change as the scientific method is applied to writing done in a world driven by SaaS. To change writing, create telemetry.
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That's already been one interesting consequence of quantum.country: we can see exactly which concepts people are struggling to retain. Sometimes it's just that the concept is complex (maybe we need to break it down more); other times it points to a failure on our part!
During the week I work on a SaaS service that has over 32 million consumer customers alone (more in enterprise) and useful privacy respecting telemetry. Patrick does also in his day job. But if Patrick and I write a book on weekends we have almost no telemetry. That must change.
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As another example, wrote a bunch tweetstorms this morning about the Buffett/Munger statements. Where's my detailed telemetry so I can be a better communicator? Was my blog post on Biggie Smalls effective? google.com/amp/s/25iq.com I'm not selling anything. I'm trying to teach.
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There's at least one other company doing that too. 😏 Qualtics-like data and analytics for authors is inevitable. My friend says "information wants to be free." It also wants to give people telemetry and authors want it!
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How can you pinpoint the exact concepts people are struggling to retain? Is it from the rate of in/correct answers on the spaced repetition quizzes embedded in the essays?
Thank you for this work. The gap between consumption -> understanding is infinitely interesting.
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Yes! I ran a poll on information intake preferences (that enable easier internalisation) and it had serious mixed results.
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You prefer which of the following modes of learning a concept?
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Which mode of discovery feels more natural to you? (Makes internalisation easier)
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