This is the most over-the-top (in a good way) post, to make a general point by giving concrete examples first. No other post in my memory comes close. It also has a lot of humor in it. I think most people’s writing would be greatly improved by going more in this direction.
But this post also demonstrates how much work it is to create such good examples. This post is over the top in that there are many more examples than necessary (e.g. the examples about school) to absolutely drive home the point.
Would Scott only write the general point the post would be a couple of hundred words at most, instead of 3000. Only writing abstractly is a lot faster, because you need to write a lot less. Probably the same is true for thinking. But it would make it so much harder to understand for other people.
This is the most over-the-top (in a good way) post, to make a general point by giving concrete examples first. No other post in my memory comes close. It also has a lot of humor in it. I think most people’s writing would be greatly improved by going more in this direction.
But this post also demonstrates how much work it is to create such good examples. This post is over the top in that there are many more examples than necessary (e.g. the examples about school) to absolutely drive home the point.
Would Scott only write the general point the post would be a couple of hundred words at most, instead of 3000. Only writing abstractly is a lot faster, because you need to write a lot less. Probably the same is true for thinking. But it would make it so much harder to understand for other people.