I hate systems, media, authors, etc. that fool readers.

  • assume that readers are too stupid to understand what you write about difficult things.

  • Thinking that readers should remain stupid and not have to be provided with opportunities to grow.

    • Deletion of references
    • Deprives readers of the opportunity to connect to a network of knowledge
    • In English-speaking countries, references are listed, but sometimes they are removed in the process of translation.
    • Some publishers do that sort of thing because they think “readers are stupid and don’t need references,” and it’s obnoxious.
    • Difference in the richness of references between English Wikipedia and Japanese Wikipedia
    • It is strange that a clear statement of the source, which is common practice in English-speaking countries, is not done in Japanese-speaking countries.
  • Hide jargon

    • When there is a concept and a technical term X that is tied to it.
      • Readers will be confused if you suddenly explain in technical terms.
      • It is good to explain without using jargon, assuming the reader does not know that jargon.
      • However, if the terminology is not mentioned at all, the reader loses the opportunity to learn about it
      • Interested readers will be unaware of the appropriate keywords to look up on their own.
  • hide the source material - I don’t think it’s a bad idea to make postcapitalist society a bit more radical and incendiary, or to put The Goal story in an IT-oriented context.

    • But the author hiding the original story is unforgivable.
    • It is an act of trying to profit from the wisdom of our forefathers while keeping stupid readers who don’t know the original story stupid.
  • liquid food with a good thirst-quenching effect

  • A book that should be chewed and eaten well

  • Books you can read without using your jaw.

  • baby food

  • They are treated like infants.

    • They’re making fun of you.
  • Allow readers to build a network of knowledge within themselves

  • Clearly indicate the source so that it can be traced.

    • singularity
    • Technology that accelerates human intellectual production is what matters.
    • Specifically, high-speed scientific knowledge sharing via arXiv
      • [Implementation in natural language
    • Sharing of source code, sharing of trained models, is happening.

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