| You Should Document More: A Manifesto | |
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| Manifesto | |
| Author | GRITCULT |
| Length | 238 words |
| Retweets | 79 |
| Read | X |
You Should Document More: A Manifesto is a manifesto by GritCult. A short argument that documentation drives civilisation and preserves the self. GritCult urges recording failures as well as wins, as a message to one's descendants.
Summary
The manifesto ties human progress to record keeping: civilisation took off on its exponential curve once people started documenting, and modern technology stands on documented wisdom. On a personal scale documentation becomes a time machine, the past self whispering secrets to the future one.
It asks readers to document the trenches as well as the shine, and to share their own memes and ideas rather than only absorbing other people's. The final frame is legacy: a well-documented life can reach a grandchild's grandchildren long after memory fades.
Key lines
Documentation is the thread that binds generations.
It's your personal time machine.
Document your failures as fervently as your successes.
Your life is a story worth telling. Document it well.
Themes
- documentation as the engine of progress
- memory and legacy
- recording failure as well as success
- sharing one's own ideas