Why to write?

The very first argument is that my brain and yours just is not able to remember everything. By not using the information, the connection between neurons weakens and suddenly Starship Troopers book by Robert A. Heinlein completely disappears. Yep, I basically don’t know what it was about anymore. On one hand, I can rejoice that I can read it again when I retire, but I might want to do other things too. Maybe try not to go pee during night a thousand times, or swear in a long line at the pharmacy, or explain to everyone how much better things were in my younger days.

The other is shaping your thoughts. Similar to rubber duck debugging. Describing the idea will help to better shape them, and better understand the problem itself. Especially when it needs to be formulated in a way that can be understood by people outside of this old keyboard.

The third argument is a linguistic exercise. Right now my primary working language is English, and I don’t typically speak in my native language about software development, expanding the universe, and such topics at home. The more sophisticated native language then gets a little cloggy, dumb. So using an English word when speaking in Czech is not an exception. And that’s kind of sad. From my perspective English is not so playful, creative.

The fourth argument is the next generation. Last year we found my great-grandfather’s diary. It was interesting to read the thoughts of my ancestor, the first of my name. A hundred years ago, life was very different, and seeing the world from your ancestors’ point of view gives you a different feeling than reading a diary of a stranger or a documentary about past people. It has the personal touch.

So, in the end it does make sense. And if not so much for me, then for the next generation. Either for the ones that are fighting over lego bricks at the moment, or maybe their children.