Essays like Paul Graham's, Scott Alexander's, and Eliezer Yudkowsky's have influenced a generation of people in how they think about startups, ethics, science, and the world as a whole. Creating essays that good takes a lot of skill, practice, and talent, but it looks to me that a lot of people with talent aren't putting in the work and developing the skill, except in ways that are optimized to also be social media strategies.

To fix this problem, I am running the Inkhaven Residency. The idea is to gather a bunch of promising writers to invest in the art and craft of blogging, through a shared commitment to each publish a blogpost every day for the month of November.

Why a daily writing structure? Well, it's a reaction to other fellowships I've seen. I've seen month-long or years-long events with exceedingly little public output, where the people would've contributed [...]

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First published:
August 2nd, 2025

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/CA6XfmzYoGFWNhH8e/whence-the-inkhaven-residency

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“Whence the Inkhaven Residency?” by Ben Pace

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“Whence the Inkhaven Residency?” by Ben Pace