Some reasons why I do not cover various topics much

1. I feel that writing about the topic will make me stupider.

2. I believe that you reading more about the topic will make you stupider.

3. I believe that performative outrage usually brings low or negative returns.  Matt Yglesias has had some good writing on this lately.

4. I don’t have anything to add on the topic.  Abortion and the Middle East would be two examples here.

5. Sometimes I have good inside information on a topic, but I cannot reveal it, not even without attribution.  And I don’t want to write something stupider than my best understanding of the topic.

6,. I just don’t feel like it.

7. On a few topics I feel it is Alex’s province.

Addendum: Pearl, in the comments, adds an excellent #8: “8. Choosing sides in these debates would reduce my overall influence and access to new information”