Introduction

Stephan dubner: Why is academic writing so bad? Angela duckworth: What does your perfect day look like, and what's preventing you from having more of them? David bowling: Is conciseness a word? I feel like we should be able to do it in fewer than three syllables. Will smith: Are authors deliberately covering up the two or three things they have to share in pages and pages of inscrutable pro sfor a reason? And i have a few thoughts on this.