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I think this is basically wrong. If you know what motivates you, you will generally find other media to express yourself, not blogging. Like Twitter. Blogging tends to clarify very illegible motives into less illegible ones.
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At least longform is this way. Pettiness and spite don't really sustain more than a few hundred words usually. It's a convergent, close-ended motive that kills generativity needed to power past ~1500.
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Ah you fit under the "taleb exception" and that stuff is generally terrible. Too terrible to market. He's an exception. "I hate X" is a poor axiom for structuring big ideas. Like trying to build a house out of blood of enemies. Cement is better.
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