I think this it the type of book that can only be written in a "ha ha only serious" way because anything else will make the reader too defensive to take it seri

I think this it the type of book that can only be written in a "ha ha only serious" way because anything else will make the reader too defensive to take it seriously. Two other examples of this genre I know of are the original Peter Principle book, and the Basic Laws of Human Stupidity [1]. Both of them wrap some hard truths in this format because it's the only way to get them past a lot of people's filters... [1]: http://harmful.cat-v.org/people/basic-laws-of-human-stupidity/ http://harmful.cat-v.org/people/basic-laws-of-human-stupidit...