clarascissorhands 's review for:

De l'art de dire des conneries by Harry G. Frankfurt

informative fast-paced

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I read this because the title, On Bullshit, sounded interesting, and the essay was mentioned in How To Be Perfect. It was fine? I felt like there was a ton of repetition, but maybe it's a philosophical essay thing. The main idea is to distinguish liar from bullshitter; the former knows the truth and chooses to avoid it, and the latter is utterly uninterested in truth or fact. Instead, the bullshitter is concerned with how the words they speak makes them come across. Like their vernacular is a form of branding. 
Again, interesting, but there was nothing beyond this main idea. I got the point after 10 pages.