Turns out, people pay for things that are rare and valuable
Joshua Benton, reporting for Nieman Lab: Assuming that overall headcount remained constant, the researchers say that reducing coverage of crime would improve both visits and … Read More
Why you should always buy a book from the author, not Amazon or another reseller
The economics of writing the book were not surprising to me. This is not some new fee structure. It’s not new to Amazon, either. It’s probably been this way since the advent of the bookstore. … Read More
Writing will be a choice, like being fit
Paul Graham: AI has blown this world open. Almost all pressure to write has dissipated. You can have AI do it for you, both in … Read More
Writing a book may have been the loneliest thing I’ve ever done
You hear about how writing is hard, but I always assumed that was the actual typing. The hard part comes much later. … Read More
Ya’ll are over there writing mass-generated text and I’m still writing letters
Sometimes I write letters to people. Real, hand-written, folded, stamped, and mailed letters. I do this for three reasons: Writing by hand slows me down, … Read More