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Why wouldn't it be? He's just using it as a blog.


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He's just promoting his own blog piece.

I can't vouch for any the actual content he is posting, but I can very confidently confirm this is his blog.

I'm not sure what your point is, he's been writing this blog for years and it's quite good in my opinion.

Yes, if you mean his blogging. That's kind of the point.

Doubt it; his blog is a static site.

I'm assuming that he is not making a living solely based on his blogging. It's seems like a side gig, to be honest

After all, he thinks it's a blogging platform...

Judging from his famous blog, he is also creating it. :-)

He's a blogger.

not everything is a business, maybe he just writes blog posts for fun / himself

I don't think there is any agenda. If you have followed his blog, it seems he enjoys doing that. That's all there is to it, really.

Is it really for personal use when it's being broadcast over the internet? The feedburner stat on the side of his blog says he has 111k "readers" so it seems pretty impersonal.

He could be writing blog posts and making videos to supplement. His writing isn't bad.

No, he's just featuring it on his blog to draw traffic. It's the equivalent of the mainstream media staple 'Could X help you lose weight, avoid cancer, and enjoy better sex?'

It seems a little anachronistic as some of his essays predate even the word "blog", and he's been doing largely the same thing for years. If anything the notion of blogging has grown even more topical and ephemeral than ever.

He should put something on his own blog/site then.

Wait…it’s his own blog on his own website… isn’t writing about your own projects kind of the point in that context? What about this is “self-serving” in a way that requires disclosure???

he blogs about all sorts of stuff but his website is academic papers.

You can read his blog yourself, but the basic idea is that he chooses to run the blog, he's not forced to for financial reasons.

He has enough income from invested savings that he is not required to have more income to maintain his lifestyle.

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