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A comment on Seth Godin: Hammer Time.

Re:Seth Godin: Hammer Time by lecha on Friday November 13, 2009 @08:53AM (#939962)
A nice point, but isn't this post a bit hollow? After all, you'd expect someone like Seth Godin to put forward a well-supported argument about a radically new approach (new hammer) and its benefits?
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Re:Seth Godin: Hammer Time by greyman on Friday November 13, 2009 @09:35AM (#940013)
>> A nice point, but isn't this post a bit hollow?

It is, but I find all of Seth's posts are this way. He is good at formulating ideas which seems obvious after you read them. ;-) But I don't consider him being some deep thinker who could put forward some "radically new approach".

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Re:Seth Godin: Hammer Time by Tichy on Friday November 13, 2009 @10:39AM (#940104)
It is astrology for intellectuals.
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Re:Seth Godin: Hammer Time by billswift on Saturday November 14, 2009 @05:39PM (#942262)
Academia (mostly) is astrology for intellectuals; management is astrology for not-quite-intellectuals.
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Re:Seth Godin: Hammer Time by jamesbressi on Friday November 13, 2009 @09:34AM (#940010)
I wish this could come out better than it sounds. I like Seth Godin, but you are expecting too much.

All his posts are "a bit hollow".

He tries to provoke thought, not offer solutions.

There is nothing wrong with that; just a new age philosopher?

OFF Topic: I wish he would have offered a link to the study he mentioned. That would be like someone blogging about him and not offering a link.

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Re:Seth Godin: Hammer Time by qeorge on Friday November 13, 2009 @11:18AM (#940162)
Agree 100%. He has some good things to say, but its more anecdotes and bits of motivation than specific, actionable advice. Still valuable in its own right though.

I personally get a lot out of Seth's perspective, but I can certainly understand that his posts are not what most HN readers are looking for.

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Re:Seth Godin: Hammer Time by lhorie on Friday November 13, 2009 @01:21PM (#940447)
He said himself a while back that he makes his blog posts short on purpose so that his point doesn't get dilluted in a sea of text.

FWIW, I think the point wasn't to suggest that there is some new hammer; just that you should be aware that there's a very high chance you're not seeing a bigger picture due to confirmation bias or whatever.

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