Conversations for Tiny Minds

By Paul Wallis

A short but hopefully brutal commentary on the increasing futility of conversation. The sheer scale of degradation of communications values is the main reason,

• Language: English
• Publisher: Paul Wallis
• Release date: Jul 20, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005496715

Paul Wallis

Professional writer, author of at least 17 of my own books, and several for other people. Digital journalist, musician, graphic artist. I love to write, and if people get 1% of the fun out of reading my books as I do writing them, they're a good deal. I loathe formula writing and I detest conformity. My books and I have a lot in common. Somebody said- "Guys don't read!" My answer- "Nor do cockroaches." Interesting how philosophy bumps in to these ideas, isn't it? Smashwords customers please note: The reason for my relatively high prices is that like most pro writers I'm very tired of getting paid peanuts for my hard work. A decade's work for very little has made me less than keen on birdseed prices. The only other thing I can say in favor of my prices is that you definitely won't find anything like my books online, particularly in the sugary world of management science. I don't write for idiots. Recent books The Danforth Puppy is my first attempt to write a kids' book, and great fun, based on a real dog whose story nobody would believe. You're Looking Sane Today 2 (What if you couldn't ingratiate yourself with vermin?) is a murderous attempt to hit a few targets in this ridiculous society. This is a preferred style, which I hope to use to enter the armaments industry. Conversations for Tiny Minds is about the sheer futility of basic communications in a very information-hostile environment. It was originally written some years ago, and I needed to check if I still agreed with the original. Irritatingly, I still do.

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Introduction

The art of conversation has now become a sort of verbal graffiti. The occasional expressive phrase may sneak in, but rarely. On the whole it’s now a form of birdcall, complete with endless psychological evaluations for those who wish to analyze what people are saying but don’t listen to what’s actually said. At best, a few fragments are absorbed.

A 100 word speech will be taken in like a sentence. Information is processed by people who’ve never been trained to think beyond single step logic, and the results are appalling. The net effect is to reduce content to its simplest levels, which means that most of the speech is wasted.

The English language has entered a dormant, comatose half-life of quasi-intellectual sloth. The use of language has become a sort of simpering exercise, overloaded with niceties and what can only be politely called a total lack of content. If efficiency were legally required to be part of communication, most of the world’s media would never be able to