Cold Takes

I’ve grown tired of reading most hot takes on whatever the Topic Of The Day is. Thankfully, those don’t reach me as often now that I’ve left social media behind me, but they crop up on various blogs and newsletters that I follow. That’s not necessarily a reflection on the bloggers or writers — I get it, it’s a prompt for putting your thoughts out there. And sometimes that post will turn into what I’m going to call a ‘cold take’, where time and effort is taken to add context and take a broader view.

But, for the most part, I’m content not to add to the deluge of hot takes these days. I’d much rather put out occasional thoughtful posts than fire stuff off into the Internet just to be ‘active’.