Smarties
Someone needs to counter-publish an obsessant collection of how-to books from a strength-based perspective for a market of “smarties” rather than “dummies,” as in “Home Improvement for Smarties” and “Romance for Smarties.” This collection would start with the premise that people already have the prerequisite skills that only need to be engaged for effective action. The recipes would give people credit for have the brain and wit to do well with very little instruction. Just a thought.
June 30th, 2008 22:46
So if a double-negative is a positive, would reading “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Dummies” actually make you smarter?
June 30th, 2008 22:51
In an odd way, yes, however there is also a kind of physics where two negatives multiply to make the problem even worse: )