So, like, I wrote some stuff about some stuff for work. And, like, there were some facts and a chain of reasoning and I'm pretty sure there are implications. Normally, I would sound those out and try to write them in order so that laypeople and all y'all could critique them. Then I would read the freakshow libertarian objections and know I was on the right path. People would write back and point me to essays or ask how I got somewhere and then my thought would be better.
But it occurred to me that maybe I shouldn't put my work up here for this stuff I wrote, because I think it is an Internal DRAFT. I asked my sorta-Bossman. "Sorta-Bossman, would it be OK if I talked about the stuff I wrote with my friends, because they think about stuff and know some stuff and all?" And he was all, "No. This is Important Secret Work and someone might Get An Advantage." I extrapolated that if I'm not allowed to talk to my friends about the Internal DRAFT, I probably can't put it on the internets.
I am suprised by how intensely I miss that right now. I would love to have your reviews and critiques and assurances and references. Until now, I hadn't realized how much I've come to count on this huge resource for me, your thought and attention. Oddly enough, you are willing to donate your time and thought for free, for no reason except that you are interested. Now that I can't use it, I want it back.