Today’s New York Times features an interview with the actor Alan Alda, who, it turns out, has had a lifelong fascination with science. Not enough, apparently, to keep him from his successful acting career. But enough that he has brought his experiences as an actor — essentially a storytelling vocation — to help scientists communicateContinue reading “Alan Alda on Clarity”
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Clarify: The Power of Simple Language
A COLLEGE WRITING TEACHER taught me one of the best lessons I ever learned about clarity in communications: it is the primary responsibility of the writer to ensure that the reader understands – not the other way around. Sounds pretty basic, right? But I can’t tell you how often I see people in many differentContinue reading “Clarify: The Power of Simple Language”
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