Writes and Write-Nots - Paul Graham  ## Metadata - Author: **Paul Graham** - Full Title: Writes and Write-Nots - Category: #articles - URL: https://www.paulgraham.com/writes.html ## Highlights - And yet writing pervades many jobs, and the more prestigious the job, the more writing it tends to require. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01je2s1aac2djvyn5zvyn8ws1h)) - Is that so bad? Isn't it common for skills to disappear when technology makes them obsolete? There aren't many blacksmiths left, and it doesn't seem to be a problem. Yes, it's bad. The reason is something I mentioned earlier: writing is thinking. In fact there's a kind of thinking that can only be done by writing. You can't make this point better than Leslie Lamport did: > If you're thinking without writing, you only think you're thinking. So a world divided into writes and write-nots is more dangerous than it sounds. It will be a world of thinks and think-nots. I know which half I want to be in, and I bet you do too. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01je2s7kkybdghs712rpc58anq))