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An existing fan base can help someone overcome the fear of starting a blog.

Scott Alexander · AI 2027: month-by-month model of intelligence explosion — Scott Alexander & Daniel Kokotajlo · 3 Apr 2025

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“So I think you and I both had that. A lot of people I know who got into blogging kind of had something like that.”
“And I think that's one way to get over the fear gap.”
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