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begriffs will create new content, but only read the work of others if it is decades/centuries old?

begriffs will create new content, but only read the work of others if it is decades/centuries old? That sort of delayed feedback loop is no way to participate in a community, or even in a discussion larger than comments on your own work. The survivorship bias is a logical fallacy, not a prescription for choosing what to read! Why disable images in your browser, when many concepts are best expressed with a diagram or photograph? It's important to consciously limit your content consumption, but this is not the way to do it.

Posted by chrismartin on Apr 21, 2015, 1:32 AM

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begriffs will create new content, but only read the work of others if it is decades/centuries old?

chrismartinApr 21, 2015, 1:32 AM

begriffs will create new content, but only read the work of others if it is decades/centuries old? That sort of delayed feedback loop is no way to participate in a community, or even in a discussion larger than comments on your own work. The survivorship bias is a logical fallacy, not a prescription for choosing what to read! Why disable images in your browser, when many concepts are best expressed with a diagram or photograph? It's important to consciously limit your content consumption, but this is not the way to do it.

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