Oh, no, I do understand the value of long-form and deep human communication. I’m an avid book reader, for instance, and I actually prefer longer narratives.
What I don’t agree with is being needlessly verbose in circumstances in which the opposite is more valuable. Unfortunately, humans have a tendency to use flowery language even when that comes at the expense of message clarity.
Think, for example, of the countless self-help books that can be converted to short blog posts. Or think about legal or academic writing, which often stands in the way of readers actually understanding what is being said.
There’s so much writing like this out there that even LLMs were notorious for taking this over-elaborate language to a whole new level. And in my opinion that’s the kind of thing that we can (and should) avoid.
What I don’t agree with is being needlessly verbose in circumstances in which the opposite is more valuable. Unfortunately, humans have a tendency to use flowery language even when that comes at the expense of message clarity.
Think, for example, of the countless self-help books that can be converted to short blog posts. Or think about legal or academic writing, which often stands in the way of readers actually understanding what is being said.
There’s so much writing like this out there that even LLMs were notorious for taking this over-elaborate language to a whole new level. And in my opinion that’s the kind of thing that we can (and should) avoid.