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see also, the book, "On Bullshit" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Bullshit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Bullshit ) This book should have a spot on everyo
by andyidsinga 11y ago
see also, the book, "On Bullshit" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Bullshit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Bullshit )
This book should have a spot on everyone's desk in hard copy. Use it as a coaster, walk around with it in the hallways, take it to meetings.
No need to preach from it though - its very presence will be enough of a sign to others re: your tolerance levels of the amount of bullshit stinking up the current situation.
EDIT: BTW, I do indeed have a copy of On Bullshit, but I use "The Elements Of Style" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elements_of_Style https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elements_of_Style ) book in the exact same way as I suggested above for On Bullshit. I think they are two sides of the same coin :)
- russell 11y agoI bought it on your recommendation. It had better be good, otherwise I will come back to haunt you.
- andyidsinga 11y agoits philosophy for sure :) BTW - what I found most enlightening in the book is how he articulates the difference between the "bull session" and bullshit.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 11y agoI tend to agree with Geoff Pullum: http://chronicle.com/article/50-Years-of-Stupid-Grammar/25497 http://chronicle.com/article/50-Years-of-Stupid-Grammar/2549... when it comes to Elements of Style.
- andyidsinga 11y agoI once* wrote a whitepaper that was horrible. My boss at the time urged me to get a copy of elements of style, skim it, then try to fix the paper. Section II (looking at my copy in front of me), which discusses composition, was most useful as my paper was chock-full of techno babble, needless words and lacked consistent design from section to section and paragraph to paragraph. * (this is an exaggeration on the extreme low end :) )