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anarcho-masochist · 7 months ago

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I need to finally admit that I only have so much time to write and thus need to decide & commit to writing one particular thing instead of researching everything forever in the hopes that I will one day have time to write All the things. You have no idea how nuanced my internal discussions on the topic have gotten at this point, though. The next post will be a poll on what to write or post about first.

#blog meta #i have. information #and i need to distribute this information #because the fact other people can't seem to do research and think about it annoys me #but i also acknowledge that i have the advantage of an academic and scientific background (albeit not in the field yet)#as well as an upbringing that prioritized both those things + research skills and critical thinking #so the best thing to do? write clear and accessible overviews that are well-researched and have proper bibliographies #because a lot of those pop-sci articles are worse than half the unsubstantiated claims i see on here...#and i happen to have the dedication to sift through scientific articles in order to fight the misinformation AND make the topic approachabl #going to set myself a deadline of 1 week because otherwise i will not do it timely #i can spend months writing a thing if left to my own devices #and in that case it becomes very comprehensive indeed BUT it also becomes book-length and completely inaccessible :(#because no one is going to reblog a 30k explanation with 100+ sources and that is what it would end up being #i am an over-researcher and an over-writer if there ever was one #so i will prioritize keeping things short and doing them timely #as well as post concepts that are inherently shorter and less formal #the most bang for your buck so to speak #especially when it comes to maximizing helpfulness (since people will not read and spread it otherwise)#but some of the things I want to talk about are inherently more in-depth #okay. rambling in tags time is over

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