How do I write so many op-eds and research papers?
Secrets Revealed!
Last year I think I wrote 100 pieces here, and another 30 for Sensible Medicine, and a couple dozen for other news outlets. We also published 60 peer reviewed papers. People often ask me: How do you do it? Do you sleep? I think the answer is I write fast, but you be the judge. In this YouTube Video, I record me writing a post for this Substack. It is in real time, in front of an audience. Then I go back and watch it and annotate it. I have never done a video like this before, and you tell me if I should experiment more in the genre.
What I was really eager for is the ability to really learn how to read and interpret research. Statistics are vital in our proper understanding of the world. You are an expert in that domain, and an authentic one at that. I really appreciate when you go over research (Barney -style) and give us Plebians a rudimentary, but necessary interpretation in real time of how proper research is conducted. I think that you would be amazing at telling the general populace how to properly interpret research specifically to become successful in learning. That would be a great niché for you.
I’m letting my subscription expire because you don’t edit. “Fast” isn’t always good, and quantity isn’t always better. The points you make are often valuable and need to be heard, but basic spelling, grammar, and punctuation mistakes undermine the validity of the writer (especially when readers are paying money to subscribe). Many commenters on here in past months have expressed a similar disappointment.