Good Blaggin'
So I haven’t blogged in a few days, like a week, and yet you’re all still here. Used to be if I didn’t post for a few days traffic would drop off sharply, but not anymore. Have I so easily achieved timeless internet renown? Probably not.
I’ve a few posts in progress, outlined and sourced, and I’m tempted to put more time into fleshing them out. Instead of just prattling off a few hundred words on a topic, I feel more inclined to knock out a few pages.
Specifically, I’m working on one piece now about evolutionary psychology, human altruism as a psychological mechanism, and how this can relate to a Land Ethic. It may be that because I want to offer some explanation and arguments for each of the points involved, I’m more inclined to a longer piece, which is looking like a couple thousand words in length. I never used to think I could enjoy writing so much, and I blame high school for that.
Maybe I should parse it out instead, delivering the individual components of the larger argument in self-contained doses? I think I will. With that kind of measured approach, I can improve my understanding of each portion, and hopefully improve the larger argument as a whole.
In the meantime, and since my Links page is such a hodgepodge mess, here’s some blogs I think are worth checking out. They totally make me want to get my write on.
- Adventures in Ethics and Science - Dependably good-natured and cogent, Dr. Free-Ride is an assistant professor of philosophy, holder of a PH.D in physical chemistry, and blogger extraordinaire.
- Is There No Sin In It? - I’m hesitant to describe the blogging of A White Bear, suffice to say she’s plenty good at words.
- The Great Whatsit - A group blog, often disparate and insightful.
One of these days I’ll build a useful blogroll.