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Aren't we all, to an extent?

Otherwise you and I wouldn't be posting our thoughts/opinions here for all to read.

Mmmh, no? If we were all full of ourselves we will try to be opinion *leaders*. Giving your opinion from time to time on a forum like HN doesn't imply you aspire to be an opinion leader or recognized public figure in your niche.

I said “to an extent”, not implying we are all as full of ourselves as to publish our blog posts in book form.

And I'm making no judgement on whether is fullness level, or ours, is justified or not.

I agree, but the difference between some anonymous comments with the intent of sharing ideas and opinions, vs a low effort book composed of a compilation of random blog posts of a narcissist, with the whole thing being around him and not the ideas that it should express is a whole new thing.

But you are technically right

There are many books that are compilations of articles and blog posts.

I've read several. I had never read the original posts and found it quite enjoyable. Short, sharp chapters that are easy to pick up and put down.

I'm not sure it's low effort. There is effort spent writing the original posts and then reviewing and compiling them into a cohesive narrative.

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