<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # A publishing system should not merely display... > A publishing system should not merely display finished work; it should improve the conditions under which work is created, discovered, revised, and taught again. Infrastructure becomes educational when every act of publishing leaves behind a more useful environment for the next act. The platform then participates in the development of its authors instead of merely extracting their output. **Source:** [[livestreams/Constructing Genius — Part Four — Technical Infrastructure for Distributed Publishing - Workbook|Constructing Genius — Part Four — Technical Infrastructure for Distributed Publishing]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “A publishing system should not merely display finished work; it should improve the conditions under which work is created, discovered, revised, and taught again. Infrastructure becomes educational when every act of publishing leaves behind a more useful environment for the next act. The platform then participates in the development of its authors instead of merely extracting their output.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-publishing-system-should-merely-extracting-output ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->