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What are the best blogs that follow the Long Content philosophy?
In his About page, Gwern describes the idea of Long Content as follows:
I have read blogs for many years and most blog posts are the triumph of the hare over the tortoise. They are meant to be read by a few people on a weekday in 2004 and never again, and are quicklyabandoned—and perhaps as Assange says, not a moment too soon. (But isn’t that sad? Isn’t it a terrible ROI for one’s time?) On the other hand, the best blogs always seem to be building something: they are rough drafts—works in progress. So I did not wish to write a blog. Then what? More than just “evergreen content”, what would constitute Long Content as opposed to the existing culture of Short Content? How does one live in a Long Now sort of way?
So far, I have only encountered one page outside of the rat-adjacent sphere that resembles the aforementioned blogs: that of Cosma Shalizi. However, I'm much less familiar with the non-rationalist blogosphere, so there must surely be others. Please post them here if you've encountered them! (And also, feel free to link to rat-adjacent blogs that I've neglected.)
Arrange for someone who will publish your incomplete drafts when you die.
4Viliam
Yes. Seems like the best way to make a website (for an individual) is a combination of blog + wiki.
Blog:
* publish and forget
* sometimes maybe add an "UPDATE" section; but if it would be too long, just write a new blog post and make the UPDATE refer to it
* your fans can subscribe to the feed
Wiki:
* keep updating as many times as you want to, in arbitrary order