The Ebb and Flow of the Blogoshpere

Updated 5.28.2013; reformatted 9.17.2015
The idea on this page is to track the number of paleo bloggers who are pulling back or even out of the online "community." This is a trend that I've been noticing for awhile, but lately it seems to be picking up steam. By no means is this list going to be authoritative or comprehensive, it's mostly me marking the change for myself.

I don't consider myself part of the paleo community, merely an outside observer.

Bloggers who've quit or pulled back

Conditioning Research
On the page that discussed why he would not be writing, the author notes that he is working more (the slow economic recovery continues), but also that he was disillusioned with the quality of information on the internet, specifically in the greater paleo blogosphere. In his case, he also regretted some of his early positions, which have changed as he learned more. He's come to respect mainstream medicine and research, which isn't the morass of corruption as some on the internet would have it. Beware of internet folks who are looking to sell you something, they cherry pick the evidence to support their position.

And while that's a positive development in my view, it illustrates again why my publishing here is so slow. I don't want to be in the position of having to disown early writings. Of course, my hesitation in publishing before I undestand all the facts is part of why my publication rate is so slow.

Kurt Harris MD

Dr. Harris has actually been missing from the online paleo world for over a year now. He has (or had) at least 2 sites on which he wrote authoritatively about diet and health. His writing was interesting to read, mostly to see the evolution of his thinking as he too learned more. Gradually over time his style became less combative, or so it seemed to me. In the end, he seemed to become disgusted for what passes for science and medical discussion on the web and withdrew. His Archevore site still exists as a cache.

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