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Influence is maybe a hundred pages, very accessible, and written by one of the foremost persuasion researchers out there. You're just justifying laziness. Soft
by tedks 12y ago
Influence is maybe a hundred pages, very accessible, and written by one of the foremost persuasion researchers out there.
You're just justifying laziness. Software engineering does not, in fact, qualify you to comment on human minds, which are very different from software. Presumably you wouldn't accept design advice from a doctor because of some claimed way to bring medical practices to bear on software engineering.
- jessriedel 12y agoI don't do software, I'm an academic. At least in my subfield, I have a pretty good idea how many unnecessary barriers stand between laymen and the expert wisdom, and how how often experts use their expertise as a way to dismiss outside views without consideration. That's true even though, at the same time, most outside views are a waste of time (as I mentioned). He's writing a blog post, and you don't need to be qualified to do that. "Influence" is a fine book and I encourage everyone to read it including the OP. But that does't mean OP did something wrong, or was lazy, by using his finite amount of time to write up his thought.