If you can’t make your point without using the words "leverage," "paradigm," or "ecosystem," you are hiding a weak argument behind expensive vocabulary
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If you can’t make your point without using the words "leverage," "paradigm," or "ecosystem," you are hiding a weak argument behind expensive vocabulary
@Daojoan "ecosystem" is the new hot buzzword at my workplace. Everything's an ecosystem these days
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If you can’t make your point without using the words "leverage," "paradigm," or "ecosystem," you are hiding a weak argument behind expensive vocabulary
@Daojoan I definitely prefer this over people who complain about somebody saying "fuck" for emphasis
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If you can’t make your point without using the words "leverage," "paradigm," or "ecosystem," you are hiding a weak argument behind expensive vocabulary
@Daojoan Do I get bonus points for using all three in the same sentence?
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If you can’t make your point without using the words "leverage," "paradigm," or "ecosystem," you are hiding a weak argument behind expensive vocabulary
What about cursing? That seems to be in all my arguments these days...
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If you can’t make your point without using the words "leverage," "paradigm," or "ecosystem," you are hiding a weak argument behind expensive vocabulary
@Daojoan if you use potential at least two times, you are creating solution looking for problem
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If you can’t make your point without using the words "leverage," "paradigm," or "ecosystem," you are hiding a weak argument behind expensive vocabulary
@Daojoan The one exception to this is if you are a bona fide Ecologist talking about Ecosystems.
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If you can’t make your point without using the words "leverage," "paradigm," or "ecosystem," you are hiding a weak argument behind expensive vocabulary
@Daojoan oh, are you saying I haven't found the synergy between the medium and the message?
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If you can’t make your point without using the words "leverage," "paradigm," or "ecosystem," you are hiding a weak argument behind expensive vocabulary
@Daojoan Cornell's 'Bullshit Receptivity Scale' found that people who are impressed by that kind of language often struggle with analytical thinking and have poor decision-making skills: "“Rather than a ‘rising tide lifting all boats,’ empty rhetoric in an organization acts more like a clogged toilet of inefficiency,” a Cornell researcher said."
(probably worth noting how adept AI LLMs are at generating corporate-sounding bullshit)
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If you can’t make your point without using the words "leverage," "paradigm," or "ecosystem," you are hiding a weak argument behind expensive vocabulary
@Daojoan This confuses the abuse of language with language itself. A dull mind can hide behind jargon but a sharp one can use precise terms to compress thought. The problem is less vocabulary itself & more like emptiness wearing it like jewelry.
More dangerously?
Jargon reveals weak listeners just as often as weak thinkers.There are 2 kinds of people who complain about "expensive vocabulary": those who've been deceived by it & those who fear being excluded by it.
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@Daojoan This confuses the abuse of language with language itself. A dull mind can hide behind jargon but a sharp one can use precise terms to compress thought. The problem is less vocabulary itself & more like emptiness wearing it like jewelry.
More dangerously?
Jargon reveals weak listeners just as often as weak thinkers.There are 2 kinds of people who complain about "expensive vocabulary": those who've been deceived by it & those who fear being excluded by it.
@Daojoan
Both resent the same thing but for different reasons. -
If you can’t make your point without using the words "leverage," "paradigm," or "ecosystem," you are hiding a weak argument behind expensive vocabulary
@Daojoan
Glad to see our narratives are in alignment… -
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