A recent tweet from David Perell prompted me to give this concept a shot.

A short essay on @DavidDeutschOxf's two forms of the Enlightenment: the British vs. Continental model

Continental: We can perfect society
British: We can never perfect, only indefinitely improve pic.twitter.com/svYe22fSzK

— Coleman McCormick (@colemanm) February 14, 2024

I’ve done 3 screenshot essays in the past week, and it’s invigorating. I struggle going from messy, one-liner level notes, or jumbles of bullet points into longer form pieces. The screenshot format is fun because ideas don’t have...