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I like the idea of "anti-compression" There are a limited number of ideas with consequence, and we used to read carefully written books about them (or at least
by chubot 4y ago
I like the idea of "anti-compression"
There are a limited number of ideas with consequence, and we used to read carefully written books about them (or at least some people did)
Now everyone just reads junk on the web that is recycled by computers from other sources, and quite often wrong
e.g. on nutrition, health, finance, etc. I even see it in my parents, who both got Ph.D.'s in the 1970's (when that kind of degree actually meant something). They don't read books, and read the web instead.
- gumby 4y ago> I like the idea of "anti-compression" I learned this from business books: even the (incredibly tiny number of) good ones are mostly a few pages long. But you can't sell that in an airport, so they are expanded to the size where they can get a binding and go on a news stand shelf. Really no different from the padding in clothes laundry to keep people from burning holes in their clothes.