THE CODE ISSUE 2
Duda Owner IONOS • June 30, 2015
Here is another one of my favorite quotes from the special double issue of Bloomberg Businessweek on computer coding. This one may inspire you to think about the art behind computers (Paul Ford, “The Code Issue”, 6/15/15–6/28/15, p. 23):
“ A computer is a clock with benefits. They all work the same, doing second-grade math, one step at a time.
. . . The turn-of-the-last-century British artist William Morris once said you can’t have art without resistance in the materials. The computer and its multifarious peripherals are the materials. The code is the art. ”

We explore the overuse or inappropriate use of the words "honest," "honesty," and "honestly." Much of the overuse or inappropriate use of these words is in contexts that intrinsically message the audience that the speaker is not trustworthy. I call the overuse or inappropriate use of these words in this context HONESTY VALIDATORS because the speaker believes they validate the truth being spoken. We need a solution to this problem. My solution is to replace these honesty validators with CLARITY VALIDATORS. Instead of trying to be honest, try to be clear. Replacing "honest," "honesty," and "honestly," with "clear," "clarity," and "clearly," produces significantly more benefit to the speaker and to the audience.










