Writing
Obstacles to fluent writing
- Any variation on: “I can't say that!”
- “What if people think I'm stupid?”
- “What if people think this is boring?”
- “What if people think I'm ignorant?”
- “What if people think I'm trying to be superior?”
- “What if this isn't good enough?”
- “What if sharing my ideas results in my being scooped?”
- “Is this part of my job?”
- The vague worri
How to use a personal website to enhance your ability to think and create?
A few thoughts follow below. Let's begin with a few of the more important principles, plus a few miscellanea that don't really belong later in the essay. Some of this is repeated later in the essay.
- The purpose of the site is to help me think well1. This purpose is in opposition to many widely-used norms in online writing. I suspect that the possibl
How to use a personal website to enhance your ability to think and create?
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