Essay · 12 min read

Learn in Public

Shawn (swyx) Wang · swyx.io Free Beginner

Trend spotting improves fast when you publish what you are noticing, because the network corrects you and feeds you better signals. swyx makes the case for creating learning exhaust so your notes attract the exact people at the edge you want to hear from. It turns a private habit into a two way flow.

  • Publish what you learn to attract better signals.
  • Being wrong in public gets you corrected faster.
  • Your output becomes other people's search results.
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The question it answers

  1. How do I build a habit or system for spotting trends instead of relying on random luck?

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