At 18:36 28/02/99 -0800, KMO wrote:
>Richard wrote "Virus
>of the Mind" at something like an 8th grade reading-level,
What grade was his writing? Like I say, lost the book, can't remember.
>and it
>certainly makes sense that the conceptual framework that it's meant to
>impart to the reader feels like a blunt instrument compared to some of
>the scalples and other fine tools that you're already using.
I always pride myself on my 9th grade faculties.
But hey, that's great. Maybe then, in the list we could try working towards some more finely-bladed alternative models. Like MINE Bwa ha ha ha ha hhaaaaa.
>The message that I'm hoping impart is this: I
>can understand why people on this list would not have much use for the
>L3 framework, but to go on and on about it just imprints it on all of
>our consciousnesses and keeps it current. Is that what you hope to
>accomplish?
Nah, I'm actually really happy to hear that last paragraph. Last time I arrived on the list, I felt like I was battering my head against a brick wall, and to hear high-level support for the view that L3's an over-simplification is nice.
>Richard Brodie. Level
>3. Richard Brodie. Level 3. Richard Brodie. Level 3. Richard Brodie.
>Level 3. Richard Brodie. Level 3.
Yeh, go on, associate them together. I like that. Richard Brodie... over-simplistic... chant the mantra... 8th grade... Richard Brodie... 8th grade...
>(Here, let me say that
>again; "Virus of the Mind" by Richard Brodie as seen on Oprah. Did I
>mention that it's 30% off at Amazon.com?)and I certainly agree.
Brodie, 8th grade, doyen of daytime victim tv, Brodie, simplistic... Sorry, I'm probably not making many friends here, am I? I'm actually about to disappear like Kaiser Soze: and like that- he's gone...