About The Slow Scroll
The Slow Scroll is a newsletter where I collect what I think are the best articles or essays published online and curate a newsletter every weekday. On a typical day, this means two featured articles, and some more I highly recommend.
Content Policy
When curating this newsletter, I focus on long-form articles. That does not mean I will pass on a great piece of content just because it's on the shorter side. However, you will also not find links to tweets, TikTok videos, or micro-blog posts.
My primary focus is written content, but you might occasionally see links to video or audio content.
As far as the content itself goes, the question I ask myself before including something here is, "Is this good writing that will still be relevant if you re-read it in a year or five years?" This allows me to focus on timeless content and filter out news that will only be relevant for a short time span. That's what I like reading myself, so that's what I share.
Finding good content is not easy, not because it doesn't exist, but because of the sheer amount of content on the internet. I spend a decent amount of time every day sifting through hundreds of items to find a few worth sitting down and reading. This is my way of sharing them, so hopefully, others can spend less time sorting and more time reading.
AI Policy
AI-generated content only makes the problem above worse. As a policy, I don't include AI-generated content here. Please let me know if I missed something and one has slipped through.
Having said that, I use what is now called "AI" tools in my daily workflow. The search engine I use, Kagi, has great research tools, such as its universal summarizer, which I utilize. I also use Readwise Reader with its excellent Ghostreader. I also use grammar-checking tools when writing the newsletters themselves, which I think also takes advantage of AI these days.