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RE: First draft Phrontisterion Report
- To: <idrama@flutterby.com>
- Subject: RE: First draft Phrontisterion Report
- From: "Todd Gemmell" <todd@coyotegrits.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 11:19:34 -0700
- Importance: Normal
- In-reply-to: <000201c21d7e$22759050$0100a8c0@vangogh>
- Reply-to: idrama@flutterby.com
- Sender: owner-idrama@mail.flutterby.com
> In other words, Keep It Simple Stupid. Humans can communicate with
> greater complexity because we have the hardware for it. Lacking the
> hardware, you have to keep communication as simple as the hardware
> you've got.
>
Yup. I've come to similar conclusions. People are lazy by nature and
want the most entertainment for the least effort.
> It's also worth noting that diplomatic language is a skill, one that
> most people don't exercise in the ordinary course of their lives
unless
> highly motivated to do so, i.e. they'll get fired if they say
something
> to the boss the wrong way. Human communication is by default lazy.
>
yup. What he said.
>
> Cheers, www.3DProgrammer.com
> Brandon Van Every Seattle, WA
>
> 20% of the world is real.
> 80% is gobbledygook we make up inside our own heads.
Interesting tag line as it applies to my "less is more" postulate.
-T