[nlh]

This is useful, and interesting, and a good read.

My question: Twitter feels like totally the wrong platform for his thoughts. I know, I know, "it is what you make of it", but this feels a bit like a round peg into a square hole.

Why doesn't Marc just publish thoughts on Tumblr / Medium / Facebook / Wordpress / etc?

Just feels like this blog (and thread) is unnecessary....we're now at the point where someone compiles someone else's 140-character tidbits into a cohesive point, and we're all thankful for it. Kinda weird.

[visakanv]

Marc used to blog beautifully, many of his posts are available at http://www.pmarchive.com. Right now I'm guessing he posts tweets because it's most convenient for him, and he has more important things to do with his time. So he lets others do the boring, tedious work of formatting his thoughts for him.

It all works out, ultimately. If it saves Marc a few minutes, it's probably worth it for him.

I've been meaning to do something similar for all of Elon Musk's interviews, but... I don't have the time, either. I have all the data sitting pretty in my Evernote but it needs some real brainwork-led-formatting.

[grinich]

Editing is a huge mental strain. I think it's why most people don't write more.

Twitter lets you dash out thoughts and expand them as necessary though conversation. Much more lightweight.

It's an interesting experimental medium for drafting an essay though. I would love Marc to expand these into longer posts, but like nearly all successful people, I doubt he has the time.