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15y is a long time The July 4 review of the 2 physics books went mildly viral and was my first experience of getting a reaction. I think hitting a nerve early is what locked me in for the long haul. People who write for months to crickets give up
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I have periodically considered sanitizing the archives by deleting the 80% dreck of early years, but I leave it up to encourage newbies 😆 Possibly the only purely altruistic thing I do. I’d delete 12 of these 17 posts otherwise.
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It’s also a decent historical record/second brain/pensieve Even terrible posts provide a window into headspace of the time. The chronological logging and regularity are very valuable. Unpublished notes can turn into indecipherable atemporal soup after a few years
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Publishing in public vaccinates memory against bitrot though at the cost of some masking. Fortunately I’m pretty wysiwyg so the cost is low.
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Alternatively, you could publish an index of recommended posts, adding value based on your personal judgement without limiting others who wish to do the same. We’d also learn more about you! #TrailHo! 🙂