Typology of blog posts that don’t always add anything clear and insightful

1 · · July 13, 2021, 1:41 a.m.
I used to think a good blog post should basically be a description of a novel insight. To break it down more, on this view: A blog post should have a propositional claim (e.g. ‘the biggest externalities are from noise pollution’, or ‘noise pollution is a concept’ vs. expression of someone’s feelings produced by externalities, or a series of reflections on externalities). A ‘propositional claim’ here can be described straightforwardly in words, and usually conveys information (i.e. they say the ...