One of my favorite writers/thinkers, Nassim Taleb, has a quote that goes:
"Using quotes by modern psychologists is the bullshitter's imitation of depth.”
which, frankly, could be applied to most of my blogs on this website.
Have you ever watched an old video of yourself and cringed? Maybe thought back on something and cringed?
The process of learning and growing is messing and uncomfortable to look back on. That's precisely what this write-every-day thing here is for me. There are instances (many) that are and will be unpleasant to look at years later.
However, the person writing is who we were. We could all avoid ever trying to learn new things. We could avoid learning new skills. Or we could get after it and know that there is an uncomfortable bit of time, which, if we can look back on it, will induce a bit of cringe. In any case, it is the road to upgrading.
I am imitating depth in the way a young artist imitates work he wishes to one day create. That is how you find your voice or your artistic style. Copy a thousand pieces or replicate a thousand talking points from others, and your style will develop out of that.
Imitate on scale while intending to develop skill(s), and your "style" will emerge from that effort.
Taleb is correct in what he says, although there is a difference between the changeless "bullshitter" who games the system because he's a hanger-on and the "bullshitter" who is developing himself into something greater on the backs of those who go before him.