%% date:: [[2020-12-15]], [[2023-05-01]] parent:: [[Learning]] [[Writing]] %% # [[Sharing what you've learned forces introspection]] While [[Learning in public]] helps others learn with you, and [working with the garage door up]([[Working with the garage door up]]) attracts potential consumers of your product or service, the value of these methods are actually intrinsic. Sharing anything with others requires a certain degree of polish to the ideas. This refinement is due to the idea having stood up to a a greater deal of internal scrutiny in preparation for external scrutiny. This is one way where the fear of rejection actually works in our favor, pushing us to solidify our thoughts and thinking of arguments that could be raised against them. [[Microblogging reduces friction for creation and consumption|Microblogging]] might seem to be an exception, but even microblogging requires an expression of an idea in words rather than in thought, which is a step towards refinement. ## Related - [[Writing does not help us learn - it IS how we learn.]] - [[Coding and writing are converging]]: sharing code publicly carries the same pressure of refinement that writing does. -