Amen
Dave Winer: "Today, I'm going to fess up about one of the weaknesses; probably not just of weblogs, but of all writing and reading on the Internet. Here's the problem. People don't read before they write."
But, let's go further and talk about the Big Secret: People don't read before they do much of anything. We go through life thinking our solutions to the challenges of living, organizing and much else are totally original. If only we'd learn a little history, read constantly to keep our minds working, we'd find that the real challenge of coming up with new ideas is vast and inspiring. We live at the pinnacle of history and it is always growing beneath us, slowing subsuming us if we don't actually contribute something new; every time we speak, thinking ourselves original without reading and thinking deeply first, we do little more than scrape our initials into the pyramids and not erect something that rivals the achievements of the past.
Blogging is interesting for its energy, but it is as susceptible to thoughtlessness as any other form of expression.
Posted by Mitch Ratcliffe at May 13, 2003 09:27 AM | TrackBack