Monday, April 25

On Giving an Answer

Why do I answer questions posed on Wondir? What's the point? What's in it for me?

I've thought about this a lot recently - I've had the time to do so, and this is what happens when all you have is time. I answer questions posed on Wondir because: it is something to do - a hobby of sorts; it is a chance for me to participate in something that other people are involved with; it gives me the opportunity to demonstrate my learning; it highlights the gaps in my knowledge and gives me the motivation to fill them; it makes me better at succinctly answering sometimes difficult or open-ended questions; it gives me pause for thought as I frame what I want to say, and make sure that I'm saying the right thing, rather than just jumping straight in, as I am sometimes wont to do.

That's why I do it: so that I learn through answering just as others learn through questioning; I learn about myself.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks. That's the kind of thing we were hoping for when we created Wondir. I'm sure the people who get your answers appreciate it. -- Matt Koll, Founder and CEO of Wondir

Christopher Walker said...

No trackbacks, unfortunately, but Blogger are the best and perhaps, eventually, we'll see them implemented. By then, of course, nobody'll care - we'll all be living on the Moon or flying hovercars like the ones we were promised in the 50s.

Della said...

wondir is cool

i post answers on the travel sect. sometimes.

it is fun... a bit altruistic, a bit like showing off

double whammy

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