Examples
Take Back the Future
for readers
Background:
- I’m in the final stages of editing this essay, and unlikely to do any major new research or restructuring. I’d like you to be a “reader” more than an “editor.”
- We’ll be promoting this heavily: It’s going to be used to preface the print magazine, in the launch for the magazine Kickstarter, and it may live on a static Reboot site.
- I hope (?!) that this will get a bunch of new people really excited about Reboot and drive newsletter signups, new community members, funding, and more.
What would be helpful - please be honest: *Not helpful: Proofreading, really minor wording things, etc; that’ll get fixed later. I finished this draft at 4:30am so I’m sure there’s some typos in there.
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Tell me about your current views on tech, the tech industry, capitalism, politics, and your role amid it all - what you believe and how knowledgeable you feel:
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Read the draft, but not too intensively - as a thoughtful reader, not as an editor.
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In the draft below, leave side comments about:
- Sections that makes you excited to learn more
- Sections that resonates strongly with your POV
- Sections where you get bored / want to stop reading
- Sections that make you feel lost or confused
- Sections that are unconvincing, offensive, or off-putting
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After reading the draft, how did it make you feel overall? Were you convinced? Were you interested in learning more about the topics? About Reboot? Did it shift, expand, or challenge your views? Was it novel or familiar?