The Exchanges

Every argument clarity score on this site is built from rows on this page. Each question and answer was assessed with names hidden, the host's own answers included, on four things from 1 to 5: directness (does it answer the question asked), coherence (do the ideas follow), precision (concrete details and clear references), compression (says a lot per word). The weighted mix (30/30/25/15) is the exchange score. A person's published score averages their exchange scores on raw tape only, at least 8 of them, shrunk toward the cohort mean. Full method →

Michael Lewis no published score: only 1 usable exchange on raw tape, and a fair score needs 8+ record → ← everyone

Every exchange below was scored with names hidden, four dimensions each from 1 to 5. An exchange's score is 0.30·directness + 0.30·coherence + 0.25·precision + 0.15·compression. The published score averages the raw tape exchange scores and shrinks small samples toward the cohort mean, so five great answers can't beat twenty good ones. Produced feed rows count only toward coarse estimates, never toward a full score.

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Answered raw tape D 4 · C 2 · P 2 · Cm 2 2.60

Q Do you have a secret life as a fiction ghostwriter?

A I, no, I do not. But I do have a secret life as a coach to writers and, ah, other writers. And it's, it, this thing was, it was so compelling. I couldn't believe how good it was. And I couldn't believe how good it was that he hasn't, he's just gotten stalled. But the name of the wind, Patrick Roth was right at the beginning of the year. Very beginning of the year. At the end of the thing I just finished, it's not like it's a great book, but I think it's like, it's so short, and it's of, it's something that is speaking to our moment in our, especially how we govern ourselves. It's, um, I always mispronounce his name, it's Vannevar Bush.

AI assessment note: “I, no, I do not. But I do have a secret life as a coach”

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