Ideas that are an awkward fit anywhere else

Iotas
Author

James Holland Jones

Published

August 27, 2026

In a LinkedIn post, James Holland Jones writes that he is “inaugurating a new series of essays on [his] blog under the heading ‘Unpublishable Papers’” because a blog “is an excellent way to get ideas out that are an awkward fit anywhere else.” First, we can sympathize, as this is similar to the motivation for this site. But more importantly, Jones thinks deeply about issues relevant to Requisite Variety, so we’ll be following this closely.