The main benefit of casting is not building an audience (though that can be useful, too).

It's error correction.

By exposing your work and your thoughts to the public, you are getting them criticized, and any lurking mistakes are corrected more quickly.

Co-Founder at sablier.com, and open-source developer. I have a broad range of interests, including longevity, epistemology, physics, and psychology.

I never thought about it in this light and I am pleased I bumped in to this. 

I have come to think of Farcaster also as a professional network and have been skeptical with certain takes/views with fear of “shooting myself in the foot”.