David Perell wrote his take on AI and writing recently where he talks about how humans are losing the comparative advantage in writing to AIs.
https://x.com/david_perell/status/1894143267878703562
But the benefits of writing aren’t because of their comparative advantage. Writing is a skill that leads to self-improvement.
I responded:
I've been a part of the last seven cohorts of David’s course. And he's underselling his course and overselling LLMs.
First, because his course emphasizes the type of writing that he himself says will last - personal writing and unique perspectives.
Second, because the outcome that will be undermined the most (audience building) is not among the four best outcomes of Write of Passage.
The process of writing is a gateway to introspection. You will learn more about yourself when you develop a practice of writing than in any other experience save meditation.
Write of Passages teaches and fosters an iterative process, which is transferable to learning any future skill. And mastering this process is the clearest path to cultivating agency that I've found.
"I love the community!" is the universal response to "What's the best thing about WoP?" WoP alumni are more enthusiastic and proud than Cross-Fitters, Texans, and Bitcoin-maxis.
Write of Passage gave me permission to publish my writing. There's nothing better than telling someone that their writing belongs out in the world - and I've been on both sides.
Banger post. Agree with what you’re putting down here. Found it a bit odd why David framed his point about LLMs the way he did, relative to WoP.