Because I like accuracy. That's all.

Accuracy lets you use reason to guide your actions. Accuracy lets you convince others with evidence. Accuracy lets you detect when things change for the better or for the worse.

I have no idea why Medium decided to show me your article. But I read fast, and dislike bias, so why not? I thought I might learn something. (I did, but not what I thought I would.)

You are making objective, factual claims in addition to sharing experiences. The factual claims are not phrased as "your experience".

If you either didn't phrase things using objective language, or you provided evidence for questionable claims, or even if your claims held up well with cursory examination, I would probably say nothing or say something approving.

For instance, you wrote, "the top NYT bestsellers are all women right now, the absolute opposite of what it was just ten years ago".

But it's not true. Lots of women were best sellers 10 years ago: https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2012/02/22/.

And the best-seller in the non-fiction category right now is male: https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2022/02/22/.

And when the NYT picks out their best sellers, they've had lots of male and female authors throughout the past decade: https://www.nytimes.com/article/top-book-lists.html.

Why did I do this wicked, dastardly thing of looking up the authoritative source to check your claim, thereby demonstrating that it was wrong?

Because I like accuracy.

Don't you?