There are a lot of problems facing the world right now. To decide which to confront, you must know enough about the overall class of problems to say "yes, I want to work on x" because I feel that breakthrough "y" makes it possible to solve this problem and others...
Many people I encounter regularly tell me that I have difficulties communicating spoken ideas in a concise, timely, fashion. I've been reading Less Wrong since I was fifteen, and ask because its likely that people here have useful suggestions. Are there any books on communicating concisely that I ought to...
There are a lot of problems facing the world right now. To decide which to confront, you must know enough about the overall class of problems to say "yes, I want to work on x" because I feel that breakthrough "y" makes it possible to solve this problem and others aren't working on it for so and so reasons. How does one:
I'd appreciate recommendations of books / textbooks / videos / articles / resources that helped you with any of the above (I can probably get... (read more)
Thank you for your response!
There were 3 situations today where the second case arose:
Actually, both.
I normally think what I'm saying is clear, but the result is that others don't understand what I mean when I finish saying it - which causes me to tack on hasty clarifications of my intentions / ideas.
Thank you! The books you recommended look like what I was hoping to find.
Many people I encounter regularly tell me that I have difficulties communicating spoken ideas in a concise, timely, fashion. I've been reading Less Wrong since I was fifteen, and ask because its likely that people here have useful suggestions. Are there any books on communicating concisely that I ought to read?