NPR has a story on an algorithm created by researchers David Larcker and Anastasia Zakolyukina that can allegedly detect when business leaders are being dishonest about their company’s practices or earnings. Unfotunately, they don’t publish the complete wordlists used in their algorithm (pdf) , just these 2 categories: Extreme positive emotions amaz*, A-one, astonish*, awe-inspiring, awesome, [...]
Augustine of Hippo’s taxonomy of lies, deduced from his book On Lying (De Mendacio) (395) in order of descending severity: Lies in religious teaching. Lies that harm others and help no one. Lies that harm others and help someone. Lies told for the pleasure of lying. Lies told to “please others in smooth discourse.” Lies that harm [...]
Previously posting on writing authentically, I wanted to find some other criticisms/observations on the topic. The following is from Can’t You Get Along with Anyone by Allan C. Weisbecker, one of my favorite how-to books on writing that is not explicitly a how-to book on writing [Part 1, Ch. 12: p. 64]: Nonfiction writers, of which [...]
