What Steve Coast thinks about writing
Founder of OpenStreetMap, the collaborative map of the world; later worked on mapping at Microsoft and Telenav.
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2 dated positions, 2023 to 2024, in their own words. Our reading of what Steve Coast has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsAs of today, computers write pretty good articles but lack the direction and insight of human editors.
↗Encyclopaedia Automaticastevecoast.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
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Our readingReading even one book on a niche topic sharply shrinks the number of people you can discuss it with.
Their wordsMost people don't read books. If you read a book on a topic (say, clouds, or Italian furniture), you can now only communicate on that topic with 1 in 10 to 1 in 100 people.