kiss theory good bye and blogsponsibility
Teppo
A google search of the recently published book “Kiss Theory Good Bye” brings up this orgtheory.net post as the second result. That caught me by surprise. And, undoubtedly this might be troubling to the author (whom I do not know), as potential buyers are likely to quickly search for further outside reviews and information before spending time and money on the book – even if the book does provide its tantalizing “five proven steps for results.” Needless to say, I am not too thrilled about kissing theory good bye, and thus challenged the book just based on its title (surely the author’s five proven steps have some theoretical assumptions embedded in them as well).
So, I hastily ‘reviewed’ the book without even reading a single page. I wonder though, given that the orgtheory.net negative post (somehow) features so prominently in a google search, whether the post perhaps dissuades people from buying the book. I, of course, have no illusions of a single blog post by some arrogant, young academic being able to make or break a bestseller, but there must be some marginal amount of influence. And, responsibility – should I have read the book from cover to cover without first passing judgment?
Well, for now anyway, I will stick with my ‘review’ of the book, and advise folks to look to the classics.
