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The speaker thinks lack of courage partly explains why many capable writers using less prominent blogging platforms fail to gain wider reach.
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“I do think courage has to be some part of the explanation,”
“just because there are so many people who are good at using these kind of hidden away blogging things that never get anywhere.”Play from 2:38:45Report a misattribution
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