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Business books are entertainment, not strategic tools

(theorthagonist.substack.com)
593 points ZeroTalent | 2 comments | 09 May 25 20:51 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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abetaha ◴[10 May 25 00:49 UTC] No.43942334[source]▶
I am always amazed how most business book authors take a simple idea that could be described in one page, and turn it into a 200+ page book with popularizing narrative. What's more amazing is that the ideas are usually commonsense, but due to human nature are seldom practiced.
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jeron ◴[10 May 25 01:07 UTC] No.43942439[source]▶
Naval has said most books could be essays and most essays could be tweets
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dmos62 ◴[10 May 25 05:25 UTC] No.43943425[source]▶
What could tweets be?
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meekaaku ◴[10 May 25 08:47 UTC] No.43944172{3}[source]▶
emoji
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1. BlueTemplar ◴[10 May 25 11:14 UTC] No.43944767{4}[source]▶
Insert lazy joke about how the whole of Xitter could be condensed into a single poo emoji.

EDIT : Something related but slightly less wasteful of your time :

Carmen by Stromae :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKftOH54iNU

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2. plemer ◴[10 May 25 12:22 UTC] No.43945065[source]▶
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