Ramblings

In short, I write Pages, not Articles. The term “article” suggests a kind of authority I do not want to convey. I am not Wikipedia, I do not source my claims (typically), I do not make an effort to meet editorial standards. I do not try to be an outlet, much less a professional one, and it is not designed to teach anyone anything. If anything this page is used to say things that would have taught things to my younger self, but he's the only one meant to learn anything from all this.

On this domain I express my thoughts. That is all.

Of course, when someone reads my pages, I do hope that they learn something. I hope it is useful to the reader. But when I say this, I don't mean that it is meant to be useful in the way that they are convinced of what I claim. I have nothing substantial to offer and even if I did, it has already been covered by people much smarter than me. No, what I have is perspective. I can look at things from my own, very unique perspective and that helps me understanding things, but it might also help others see things from a different perspective as well. Not to convince them, but to make them just that little bit more “aware”. Broaden their understanding.

I put in a conscious effort to use the word “page” to refer to content on this domain, in the same way I don't like using the word “wiki”. Now while I think I have used the word wiki to refer to the format of this website, I really try to not even touch the word article. If you spot it, please contact me so I can correct it.