why smart people write bad

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why is academia full of bad writers? did school teach us to write badly? how do we get better at writing? In this video, Taha explores how school makes us bad writers, why academics write so weirdly and how we can (potentially) write better!

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CREDITS
Produced by Taha Khan
Video Editing by Joe Trickey
Motion Design by Joe Trickey
Special Thanks to Rachel Jepsen & Marco Lau

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RECOMMENDED READING / SOURCES
Full Interview with Rachel: https://youtu.be/Eyph66mQlfg
The Craft of Writing Effectively: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtIzMaLkCaM
Why Academics Stink at Writing by Steven Pinker: https://www.chronicle.com/article/why-academics-stink-at-writing/
The Needless Complexity of Academic Writing: https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/10/complex-academic-writing/412255/
The Bad Writing Competition: http://www.denisdutton.com/bad_writing.htm

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - uh oh did school fail us
00:10 - for if u wanna read more books
01:03 - why is academia written badly?
01:39 - small word do trick
02:15 - taha does an academia cosplay
03:16 - tfw u use the thesaurus too much
03:46 - why nobody can explain bereal to me
04:36 - maybe WE'RE the bad guys
04:58 - what time is it? powerpoint time
07:00 - nerds beefing each other
07:53 - in defence of academia
09:00 - writing by telling stories
09:41 - the best writing advice ever
10:18 - more things to watch!

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