Why to Not Write a Book(gwern.net)

195 points by telotortium 2 years ago | 158 comments

More people should write (2012)(jsomers.net)

133 points by jsomers 2 years ago | 74 comments

Why I Blog(dannyguo.com)

169 points by dguo 3 years ago | 58 comments

Typewriter Interview with Elisa Gabbert(austinkleon.substack.com)

17 points by zacharykai 2 years ago | 0 comments

Writing summaries is more important than reading more books(andreasfragner.com)

350 points by 42point2 3 years ago | 152 comments

Andreas Fragner's blog post arguing that writing summaries of good books yields more comprehension than reading more books.

996(lucumr.pocoo.org)

860 points by genericlemon24 1 year ago | 411 comments

Armin Ronacher's blog post critiquing the 996 overwork culture promoted in startups, contrasting love of work with family and life balance.

AI is just unauthorised plagiarism at a bigger scale(axelk.ee)

665 points by speckx 5 months ago | 542 comments

A personal blog post arguing that AI companies train on authors' work without consent or compensation, amounting to plagiarism at scale.

Has AI already killed self-help nonfiction books?(tim.blog)

380 points by imakwana 4 months ago | 431 comments

Tim Ferriss blog post examining whether AI has hurt how-to nonfiction book sales, using industry trends and his own sales data.

AI companies destroy physical books – let's scan rare books before it's too late(annas-archive.gl)

527 points by Cider9986 2 months ago | 834 comments

Anna's Archive blog guest post arguing AI companies are buying and destroying physical books for training, and urging volunteers to scan and upload rare books.

Quality non-fiction books are the antithesis of AI slop(resobscura.substack.com)

463 points by benbreen 3 months ago | 222 comments

Benjamin Breen's Res Obscura essay arguing quality non-fiction books counter AI slop, introducing a vibe-coded tool indexing prize-winning books.

Writing summaries is more important than reading more books(andreasfragner.com)

350 points by 42point2 3 years ago | 152 comments

Andreas Fragner's blog post arguing that writing summaries of good books yields more comprehension than reading more books.

If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing(pluralistic.net)

1007 points by jay_kyburz 2 years ago | 473 comments

Cory Doctorow's Pluralistic blog post arguing that if buying digital media isn't owning it, then piracy isn't stealing.