People are extraordinarily sensitive to framing. "Art" is valuable. "Content" is not.
Patrick McKenzie on why having a publication date on your blog entry devalues it.
To expand on this a bit: he gives the following supporting example:
...I once wrote an article about salary negotiation. If you go by the numbers, it created more value for more people than any other single thing I've ever written. (I keep a label in Gmail for when folks tell me they got a raise as a direct result of advice in there. The running tally is in the high seven figures a year these days.) I think if I were to revisit the topic today I'd write substantially the same advice. However, that article has a date on it, just the fact of it having a date o
Another month has passed and here is a new rationality quotes thread. The usual rules are: