The Resource Dumbth, and 81 ways to make Americans smarter, by Steve Allen
Dumbth, and 81 ways to make Americans smarter, by Steve Allen
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- Summary
- "Steve Allen addresses a social problem so pervasive that it apparently lies behind all others. The author's thesis started as a personal hunch when he began to observe, in the early 1960s, a sharp increase in instances of inefficiency. Assuming that shoddy workmanship, poor service, and growing incompetence were at least partly caused by a breakdown in the capacity to reason, Allen proceeded to the stage of formal research. What he discovered was incompetence on a scale more vast than anything envisioned by Laurence J. Peter, who has amusingly but persuasively argued that people tend to be elevated to the level of their personal incompetence--the "Peter Principle." Allen coined the word dumbth as a shorthand term for the sort of muddle-headedness that, he asserts, has become characteristic of our society. Allen approaches the problem of the collapse of intelligence in the United States on the same no-laughing-matter basis that made his earlier books ... so instructive. After sketching out the dimensions of the problem, the author, like all good social reformers, points to a solution. First, he recommends that we add a fourth "R"--Reasoning---to the traditional reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic of the process of formal education, beginning in kindergarten and first grade. Second, he offers the reader a full 81 "rules" for good thinking, arguing that since there are rules-of-the-game for piano-playing, marriage, science, nutrition, and thousands of other activities, it is absurd to suppose that thinking well is so natural a gift that its practitioners require no instruction whatever. Although Steve Allen is best known for his creative work in music and comedy, he has also written thirty-two books and several thousand songs. He has hosted numerous television shows and was the creator of the original "Tonight" show."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 359 pages
- Contents
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- Forward / Norman Cousins
- The problem
- The solution
- Isbn
- 9780879755393
- Label
- Dumbth, and 81 ways to make Americans smarter
- Title
- Dumbth, and 81 ways to make Americans smarter
- Statement of responsibility
- by Steve Allen
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Steve Allen addresses a social problem so pervasive that it apparently lies behind all others. The author's thesis started as a personal hunch when he began to observe, in the early 1960s, a sharp increase in instances of inefficiency. Assuming that shoddy workmanship, poor service, and growing incompetence were at least partly caused by a breakdown in the capacity to reason, Allen proceeded to the stage of formal research. What he discovered was incompetence on a scale more vast than anything envisioned by Laurence J. Peter, who has amusingly but persuasively argued that people tend to be elevated to the level of their personal incompetence--the "Peter Principle." Allen coined the word dumbth as a shorthand term for the sort of muddle-headedness that, he asserts, has become characteristic of our society. Allen approaches the problem of the collapse of intelligence in the United States on the same no-laughing-matter basis that made his earlier books ... so instructive. After sketching out the dimensions of the problem, the author, like all good social reformers, points to a solution. First, he recommends that we add a fourth "R"--Reasoning---to the traditional reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic of the process of formal education, beginning in kindergarten and first grade. Second, he offers the reader a full 81 "rules" for good thinking, arguing that since there are rules-of-the-game for piano-playing, marriage, science, nutrition, and thousands of other activities, it is absurd to suppose that thinking well is so natural a gift that its practitioners require no instruction whatever. Although Steve Allen is best known for his creative work in music and comedy, he has also written thirty-two books and several thousand songs. He has hosted numerous television shows and was the creator of the original "Tonight" show."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1921-2000
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Allen, Steve
- Dewey number
- 153.4/0973
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- E169.12
- LC item number
- .A3755 1989
- Literary form
- non fiction
- NLM call number
- 973.92 A429d
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States
- Stupidity
- Thought and thinking
- Intellectual life
- Stupidity
- Thought and thinking
- United States
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- Dumbth, and 81 ways to make Americans smarter, by Steve Allen
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- Contents
- Forward / Norman Cousins -- The problem -- The solution
- Control code
- ocm20097736
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 359 pages
- Isbn
- 9780879755393
- Lccn
- 89010647
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- unmediated
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- rdamedia
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- (OCoLC)20097736
- Label
- Dumbth, and 81 ways to make Americans smarter, by Steve Allen
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Forward / Norman Cousins -- The problem -- The solution
- Control code
- ocm20097736
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 359 pages
- Isbn
- 9780879755393
- Lccn
- 89010647
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- unmediated
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- rdamedia
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- (OCoLC)20097736
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