Can "The Checklist Manifesto" book be reduced to 80-100 pages? Oh, certainly. I read that book either last year or early this year, and while it had some inte

Can "The Checklist Manifesto" book be reduced to 80-100 pages? Oh, certainly. I read that book either last year or early this year, and while it had some interesting points it felt highly padded. It made me wonder, though, if the inclusion of a lot of touchy-feely content with emotional resonance was a technique to make things more memorable. That is, people respond to stories more so than just facts, so wrapping your bare facts in a story leads to a more lasting impression and (hopefully) action. I still think most books could cut out a lot of their True Stories but it may not be all fluff. My own true story: A few years ago at a local Ruby user group I was passing around some books, and one of them was about 100 pages and cost US $40. I commented on the price/page ratio, and a friend remarked that he would pay twice as much if they author could have made the book half the length.