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Also applies to self help books. There's 10 pages of content, but people won't pay $40 for 10 pages so you gotta fill it with 190 pages of nonsense and spread t
by maximus-decimus 4y ago
Also applies to self help books. There's 10 pages of content, but people won't pay $40 for 10 pages so you gotta fill it with 190 pages of nonsense and spread the content around to the point of making it useless.
- passwordoops 4y agoSomething something storytelling
- fnordpiglet 4y agoInterestingly they provide 180 pages of filler to give a 10 page summary of Buddhism which is itself captured in 57 dense volumes of content. That level of compression gives you an indication of how valuable a self help book will be. https://archive.org/details/dhatukatha-pts/182706089-Udana-and-Itivuttaka-tr-Ireland-pdf/page/183/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/dhatukatha-pts/182706089-Udana-a...
- denton-scratch 4y agoYou could argue that a ten-page "summary" of Buddhism is long-winded, and that if you can't convey the essence with a glance, then you're finger-painting.
- fnordpiglet 4y agoI would say that a map looks like finger painting when you’re at your destination but when you’re lost it’s the most important treasure.
- denton-scratch 4y agoLike those ten pages of content were useful anyway!