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A couple of my friends have told me that Pedantic Posts is the only blog they read. I was shocked that these very intelligent people don’t take advantage of this relatively new communication medium. I personally only started reading blogs a few years ago (and thought the word “blog†moronic at the time), but since have come to realize how valuable they are as a source of information. Here are the top 3 reasons:
An opportunity to hang out with people much smarter than you
Some incredibly smart people are willing to share their thoughts online for everyone to enjoy. Individuals such as marketing guru Seth Godin, venture capitalist Fred Wilson, serial entrepreneur Marc Andreesen, and the capricious Tim Ferriss. No matter the subject that interests you, there is probably an expert blogging about it.
You may be blessed to hang around brilliant individuals in both your business and personal life. Even if this is the case, odds are you only discuss the same handful of things over and over again, which leads us to the next reason to read blogs.
Exposure to new ideas
One of the first things I learned about via blogs was polyphasic sleep (where you sleep 20-30 minutes every 3-4 hours). While I am not personally interested in drastically changing my sleep schedule, I enjoyed reading about this new idea. I realized there are people in this world doing interesting things and sharing them in the form of short posts that take less than 10 minutes to read.