Text is Thought, and Thought is Holy

Thariq Shihipar from Anthropic put out a thought-provoking article recently, where he argues we move from Markdown to HTML for most AI use-cases.I see his point and agree to a certain level, but disagree with the proposed solution.Here's my understanding of his argument:Markdown is hard to read and share for long documentsPlain text doesn't communicate ideas as well as something with formatting, images, and visual hierarchySo we should move the primary spec format from Markdown to HTML.He makes a great point about Markdown being more difficult to share and communicate ideas with, because formatting and visuals can make things super easy to understand.My problem with the approach is that, by trading editability for readability, we're separating we humans even further from the creation process.I value Markdown because I value text. And I value text because I see it as one step away from thought.I believe thinking is the one thing we should be careful not to outsource, and I worry what…