Writing begets writing
That's certainly true of Doctorow โ I've had to mute him on several platforms because he types out so damn much.
I mean that as a backhanded compliment, of course! There is always a good point to his writings, I just personally have other things to do than keep up with every post he publishes...
Sometimes though, you have to sit up in your chair. Like when he coined the phrase "enshittification", and here again.
Rejecting metrics and self quantification resonates deep with me. Blog stats, clicks and upvotes and likes and reposts... those aren't valuable parameters for me to gauge my online life (such as it is).
Glad to see this so thoroughly and well put, and to a rapt audience that will hopefully follow suit and adopt the same notion.