It’s difficult to overstate the benefits of being able to write about whatever you want to write about and to write about it in whichever way you want. (View Highlight)
Whenever I know an article will need to be approved by some external authority to be published, it dramatically reduces my passion for the project. (View Highlight)
One of the best things about Substack is the ability to find a community of highly intelligent, knowledgeable, like-minded thinkers with broadly similar interests. I benefit enormously from the feedback I get on my posts here. For this and other reasons, blogging is not just a means of communicating ideas. On Substack specifically, it provides a useful context for thinking through, developing, and revising ideas as well. (View Highlight)
Probablemente esto no lo encuentre en Instagram. Es un argumento a favor de explorar otras plataformas, como YouTube, o quizás es mismo substack.
seriously. I want to produce high-quality academic research and teaching. For this reason, I make sure that blogging doesn’t undermine these other goals. For the most part, that’s not an issue: because of substantial overlap in the focus of my research, teaching, and popular writing, these activities function as complements rather than substitutes. Moreover, I do most of my blogging in my spare time, which is easy because I enjoy it so much. (View Highlight)