Most nonfiction books meander around and belabor their central points. Most nonfiction writers aren’t particularly skilled at coherent and compelling structure or rhythm in prose and there’s only so much an editor can do. Quite different from fiction writing, good nonfiction requires a certain continuity of thought and mastery of distillation.
Instead of plowing through hundreds [...]
Most Nonfiction Should Just Be Essays
Monday, October 20, 2008
A Lack of Quality
Thursday, February 23, 2006
“Well, it works.”
The pathetic proverb of contemporary capitalist dogma. Getting something done with minimal cost and maximal return is what it’s about. Cut corners. Get away with everything you can. Lie. Cheat. Deceive. Embezzle. So long as you’re making money doing it, you’re doing it the right way.
American capitalism, like all other relatively new instantiations [...]
Good Reads
Monday, January 9, 2006
Some books that I’ve read recently and recommend:
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
Lila: An Inquiry into Morals
Why I am Not a Christian
Hackers and Painters
Joel on Software: And on Diverse and Occasionally Related Matters That Will Prove of Interest to Software Developers, Designers, and Managers, and to Those Who, Whether by [...]