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> If this really is wisdom, it does not follow that it takes 300 pages to communicate. There's not a big market for 10 page books. A lot of business books suf
by davidw 7y ago
> If this really is wisdom, it does not follow that it takes 300 pages to communicate.
There's not a big market for 10 page books.
A lot of business books suffer from the same issue. There's some genuinely interesting or innovative idea, but you could explain it to a bright audience in about 10 pages. So you fluff up everything in order to have a book you can sell.
- Psyladine 7y agoThere was just something on HN about how you have to be a seasoned experienced expert before you're allowed to talk in simple terms to people, otherwise you're socially expected to couch in jargon and terminology ideas. Dressing up ideas in purple might be a social signal necessity but it's unfortunate.