THE CODE ISSUE 28
Duda Owner IONOS • August 6, 2015
Here is another one of my favorite quotes from the special double issue of Bloomberg Businessweek on computer coding. This one reminds us that some jobs simply never end (Paul Ford, “The Code Issue”, 6/15/15–6/28/15, p. 100):
“ Code is never done; after shipping the new platform . . . with all its interlocking components, [programmers] will continue to work on it forever. There will always be new bugs, new features, new needs. Such things are the side effects of any growth at all. ”

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.










