This is very good. Cc @fortelabshttps://twitter.com/andy_matuschak/status/1127268379901874176 …
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Writing an expository book is valuable for the *writer* to develop an arsenal. I’ve had way more impact —as measured by people doing & thinking differently— secretly quoting my writing in person at juuuust the right moment, than people reading and changing their own minds.
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I have very little to say that is expository in nature that others don’t say 10x better
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Books don’t help people learn. Hmm. Building a course? :D
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No, trying to write a book
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Books are the new business cards
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Tucker Max has a bunch to do with this
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I think the more subtle point is that books can work, but only in increasingly rarefied settings where they’re discussed by people with a clear sense and shared understanding of their metacognition.
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I don’t think this is at odds with the recognition that writing books for general and / or atomized audiences has passed the point of diminishing returns
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Books were the pinnacle of education for a world two major technological changes behind this one. I've only bought four for educational purposes in the last decade, and all are gathering dust half-unread. (I still have an enduring love for fiction books, however.)
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Online documentation, various semi-synchronous group discussion tools (e.g. email, chat, StackOverflow), and easy-to-experiment environments have comprised the majority of my education. Of the three, the last seems the most "current", but also the most specialized.
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New essay distilling one strand of some ongoing work
I argue that books lack a functioning model of how people learn—instead, they're (accidentally, invisibly) built around a model that's plainly false. Plus some early models for what to do about it.