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You have to keep in mind that this is also entertainment

• jeffwass 11y ago
  For me the concept got old really quickly in 'Thing Explainer' to point that while browsing in a book shop I went from quite interested in buying it to absolutely zero interest in the span of a couple minutes. The constraint of using only a limited number of common words made it feel like I was reading someone's speech impediment.
  • Nadya 11y ago
    I wouldn't read an educational material about how a submarine works, a helicopter works, and a microwave oven works all on the same day. I don't imagine many people would - especially if it were more technically laden in its vocabulary. Likewise - I wouldn't read all of 'Thing Explainer' in a single sitting either. A page every now and then and you don't get bogged down with reading simple language for hours on end. Reading over simplified things gets as tiring as reading overly complex material - because both can be quite mentally taxing. The increased difficulty of reading "eight and one" instead of "nine" gets more tiring than one might think...
  • captn3m0 11y ago
    Agree that it is not really a cover-to-cover book, but it works very well as a coffee table book to browse through when you are bored. We have a copy at our office, and our guests love it.