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0 pointsdanielmarkbruce1y ago0 comments

Still disagree. The most prolific writers are journalists, and most of their stuff is absolute garbage.

On top of that, most of the most successful people on the planet write little or nothing. They are too busy doing.

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breck1y ago

> The most prolific writers are journalists

You state this as fact without providing a dataset to back it. I think this is not true at all.

> most of the most successful people on the planet write little or nothing

It depends on how you define "success".

I would consider people like Linus and Dwayne Richard Hipp and TBL to be among the most successful people on the planet, and they write quite a lot.

Do you call people who capture then give away a billion dollars the most successful? I don't. To me the most successful are the ones who create billions in wealth and capture just a tiny fraction--enough to support their family and friends and live a good life.

danielmarkbruceOP1y ago

> You state this as fact without providing a dataset to back it. I think this is not true at all.

Look at your own comments. My comment is effectively "people whose day job is to write, write the most". It's borderline self evident.

Your argument has devolved into: "people who write a lot are by definition successful. I wonder if there is a correlation between writing a lot and success."

breck1y ago

My bet would be that scientists write the most, not journalists.

You seem to have changed your position from journalists to "people whose day job is to write", which is good, as that includes scientists.

rqmedes1y ago

Marketing people write a lot more

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danielmarkbruceOP1y ago

Please bring data for that.

rqmedes1y ago

I agree, just look at the reams of rubbish on LinkedIn , people trying to get attention as an example

danielmarkbruceOP1y ago

It seems that "wants attention", "managing career", "promoting x" are 99% of written content these days... There was a very small window where writing really did signal someone who was thoughtful, and there are still some thoughtful writers, but it's so rare now you can almost rely on the rubric "oh they write, run".

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breck1y ago

> The most prolific writers are journalists

You state this as fact without providing a dataset to back it. I think this is not true at all.

> most of the most successful people on the planet write little or nothing

It depends on how you define "success".

I would consider people like Linus and Dwayne Richard Hipp and TBL to be among the most successful people on the planet, and they write quite a lot.

danielmarkbruceOP1y ago

> You state this as fact without providing a dataset to back it. I think this is not true at all.

Look at your own comments. My comment is effectively "people whose day job is to write, write the most". It's borderline self evident.

Your argument has devolved into: "people who write a lot are by definition successful. I wonder if there is a correlation between writing a lot and success."

breck1y ago

My bet would be that scientists write the most, not journalists.

You seem to have changed your position from journalists to "people whose day job is to write", which is good, as that includes scientists.

rqmedes1y ago

Marketing people write a lot more

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danielmarkbruceOP1y ago

Please bring data for that.

rqmedes1y ago

I agree, just look at the reams of rubbish on LinkedIn , people trying to get attention as an example

danielmarkbruceOP1y ago

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