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Re: How to write stuff no one else can

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This sentence caught my attention:

> You can’t just Google these kinds of things. That’s why they’re so interesting.

So what Google did is dilute the information advantage. The more interconnected we are, the harder it becomes to maintain that advantage.

Re: How to write stuff no one else can

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post #2

This sentence caught my attention: > You can’t just Google these kinds of things. That’s why they’re so interesting. So what Google did is dilute the information advantage. The more interconnected we are, the harder it becomes to maintain that advantage.

That's also something I often encounter with ChatGPT. It often is very wrong about things I ask, because I often wonder and try things off the beaten path. That's our advantage against LLMs.

Re: How to write stuff no one else can

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post #2

This sentence caught my attention: > You can’t just Google these kinds of things. That’s why they’re so interesting. So what Google did is dilute the information advantage. The more interconnected we are, the harder it becomes to maintain that advantage.

The fact is that we're not that interconnected though. Finding people that have useful, actionable information, and want to share it with you, is extremely difficult.

Re: How to write stuff no one else can

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post #2

This sentence caught my attention: > You can’t just Google these kinds of things. That’s why they’re so interesting. So what Google did is dilute the information advantage. The more interconnected we are, the harder it becomes to maintain that advantage.

Google, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, etc are all retrieval services (with some rudimentary remixing capabilities thrown in, for the latter few). Some human has to actually have interesting insights and write them. Retrieval services help with distribution & discovery. The less we’re connected, the harder it is to find the right audience who value your (niche) insights.

Of course attribution and linking is important.

Re: How to write stuff no one else can

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post #2

This sentence caught my attention: > You can’t just Google these kinds of things. That’s why they’re so interesting. So what Google did is dilute the information advantage. The more interconnected we are, the harder it becomes to maintain that advantage.

The fact is that we're not that interconnected though. Finding people that have useful, actionable information, and want to share it with you, is extremely difficult.

That is a search issue not an interconnectivity issue.
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