With the ever growing cadre of tools that can help us create this is an important reminder that Writing is Thinking from Nature.

However, writing is not only about reporting results; it also provides a tool to uncover new thoughts and ideas. Writing compels us to think — not in the chaotic, non-linear way our minds typically wander, but in a structured, intentional manner. By writing it down, we can sort years of research, data and analysis into an actual story, thereby identifying our main message and the influence of our work.

Sometimes folks ask me if I use AI to help write the Weekly Thing and I tell them something just like this. No. I do not. Because the Weekly Thing is part of how I continue to learn myself. If I were to delegate that I would miss my own goal of learning.

A secondary desire of mine is to become a better writer. I suspect the best way to do that is to write more. And if writing is indeed thinking, does becoming a better writer make you a better thinker? I think so.