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Thursday, January 7, 2016

North Korea: H-bomb and bombast

For edification and entertainment I recommend the blog "Without Bullshit," recommended by a friend who is a communications professor at the University of Texas. The blogger is Josh Bernoff, an author who comes by his skills via a career in business writing.  His books are "Groundswell," "Empowered," and "The Mobile Mind Shift"

Blog Principles:

"Bullshit ​is any form of communication that does not communicate accurately and clearly. This includes any of the following (regrettably, this is not a complete list):"
  • outright lies
  • words intended to confuse
  • obfuscation: overuse of jargon or other constructions that hide meaning
  • passive voice and other constructions that hide the actors in a piece of writing
  • overuse of meaningless qualifying words (e.g., “generally,” “very,” “deeply”)
  • opinions presented as statements of fact
  • statistics presented without sources, out of context, or in a misleading way
  • vague connections presented as significant, for example, use of “linked to”
  • vague predictions presented as common knowledge, for example, use of “expected to”
  • citing one or two instances of anything as if they represent a universal pattern
Candor ​is the opposite of bullshit. Candor is truth presented with integrity, plainly and without deception.

Latest blog post:

http://withoutbullshit.com/blog/north-korea-h-bomb-bombast/

North Korea: H-bomb and bombast

 

 

North Korea: H-bomb and bombast


http://withoutbullshit.com/blog/north-korea-h-bomb-bombast/

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