upvote
It was only 600 words. I understand there is a push against AI bloated slop here, but I don't think we should discourage good prose.

I just wanted to share that I find Seth's daily blog consistently excellent.

reply
Yes. I paused reading at some point just to marvel at the clarity of writing. It seems absurd to complain about length, it isn't long. Maybe we have different ideas what good writing is, but I'd say this is in the top percent.

AI can mirror this style of writing, but it can't mirror the clarity of thought behind it.

reply
Now show Seth’s audience (which has been accumulated for a long time) your explanation and theirs. I’d wager most people would be scratching their heads and rereading yours, while they’d breeze through Seth’s. In other words, your take may be shorter, but it’s not clearer or necessarily faster to read when aiming for comprehension. Seth doesn’t write for people who visit HN everyday.
reply
There is no rent seeking or monopolistic or technofeudal or enshittifying aspect of Amazon at all. The people who made their names beginning twenty years ago by marketing these expressions are losers who have simply been proven wrong. It is monotonous middle brow repetition See eg the left wing expose of the above mentioned brain death in Maher Aquanno https://archive.ph/YJaZr better in their academic papers like Monopoly or Competition? Unraveling the Amazon Paradox https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/04866134261415639
reply
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-antitrust-training-wa...

> There is no rent seeking or monopolistic or technofeudal or enshittifying aspect of Amazon at all.

How so? Amazon search is almost probably worse than 10 years ago.

reply