Why Writing Well Can Be Your Road Map to Navigate Through the Instant Economy

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In 2025, we are living in a world known as the instant economy.

Whether ordering your lunch with just one click, rescheduling an appointment through the voice technology of your phone, or even taking a picture of your check to deposit it directly into your bank account, all these actions have one thing in common.

They are instant and frictionless.

With the development and mainstream adoption of AI, delivery of news through social media, and connectivity of people through digital worlds, there is an expectation that everything will be instant.

What is the bad thing about all of this?

It is not as simple as categorizing this as a bad thing but rather an observation of a direct correlation.

The rise of the instant economy has directly resulted in the regression of deep thinking and the ability to understand what we read and see online.

What is the solution behind all of this?

It is not a solution per se, but there is something you can practice to make sense of a topic and establish a clear perspective.

Writing well.

After I read an article titled 16 Rules of Blog Writing and Layout. Which Ones Are you Breaking?, I had a better understanding of the importance of incorporating things into your writing like:

• Using images like that one at the beginning of this piece of writing
• Having short paragraphs that are typically 2-3 sentences long
• Using lists to create more white space and help people find information quickly

Another article titled Is Google Making Us Stupid by Nicholas Carr has a quote from a playwright named Richard Foreman that captures the essence of this instant economy dilemma.

“As we are drained of our inner repertory of dense cultural inheritance; we risk turning into pancake people-spread, wide and thin as we connect with that vast network of information accessed by the mere touch of a button.”

The instant economy is here to stay, and there’s no argument about it or against it.

Writing well, creating an environment conducive to deep thinking, and applying the principles of readability are just a few simple steps you can take to thrive in this new world we live in.