I'm a writer by profession and it's totally clear to me that since I started blogging, the amount I write has increased exponentially, my daily interactions with the views of others have never been so frequent, the diversity of voices I engage with is far higher than in the pre- Internet age–and all this has helped me become more modest as a thinker, more open to error, less fixated on what I do know, and more respectful of what I don't. If this is a deterioration in my brain, then more, please." The problem is finding the space and time when this engagement stops, and calm, quiet, thinking and reading of longer-form arguments, novels, essays can begin. Worse, this also needs time for the mind to transition out of an instant gratification mode to me a more long-term, thoughtful calm. I find this takes at least a day of detox. Getting weekends back has helped. But if there were a way to channel the amazing insights of blogging into the longer, calmer modes of thinking .. we'd be getting somewhere." I'm working on it. .Andrew Sullivan
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The most amazing thing for me is that I have never felt more mature. I have become so much more self-aware, so much more reflective, so much more open to the ideas of others, so much more thoughtful. Blogging has helped me pare my ideas down to the most powerful. I have learned how to be less egocentric and have become a lot less arrogant. It has helped me become a lot more humble, and I can see how this is reflected in everything that I say and do now.
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