Writing practice
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A cognitive fitness technique of regularly engaging in writing without offloading to AI, embracing the mental strain of filling a blank page as a form of brain exercise.
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Cal says writing yourself builds your brain like pull-ups; using AI in Google Docs offloads that strain instead of embracing it.
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Cal says writing yourself builds your brain like pull-ups; using AI in Google Docs offloads that strain instead of embracing it.
"Do not flee that strain. That strain, you have to reconceptualize it. It's not a negative thing you're trying to avoid. It's the feeling of strength. It's the feeling of growth. Writing is the pull-ups of your brain — a simple exercise t..."
Compared to doing pull-ups for physical fitness; contrasted with offloading writing to AI chatbots like Gemini in Google Docs
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"Do not flee that strain. That strain, you have to reconceptualize it. It's not a negative thing you're trying to avoid. It's the feeling of strength. It's the feeling of growth. Writing is the pull-ups of your brain — a simple exercise that works ..."
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