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by antirez 1091 days ago
Writing is a set of techniques that can be learned to communicate effectively. That said, reaching excellence requires some talent other than the technique, but that's obvious, and common to every other activity. It's worth remembering that teaching how to communicate effectively is 2500 years old: it started in Sicily with sophists, paid teachers of rhetoric in the ancient Greek world. We kinda unlearned that writing is a learnable skill.