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MAllen deserves credit for addressing a very real and growing
national problem. »
—Booklist (featured review)
Readers will find entertaining anecdotes—and something to
think about M
—Library Journal
i?Polymath Allen brings his considerable talents to bear on
a phenomenon that is increasingly a concern of critics of con-
temporary Americans—the 4unprecedented amount of mental
incapacitationy in our society. . . . Instructive in a pleasing,
popular way . . . tempering missionary zeal with humor and
humaneness, Allen addresses a sorry condition and\ better yet,
suggests solutions. M
—Publishers Weekly
Critics have raved about Steve Allen's "Dumbth": And 81 Ways
to Make Americans Smarter, a work that one described as "the
ultimate how-to book." Allen addresses the increasing amount of
ineptitude and inefficiency that pervades all segments of American
life and work and has coined a shorthand term for this tendency
toward muddleheadedness—"dumbth." After sketching out... Tovább

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MAllen deserves credit for addressing a very real and growing
national problem. »
—Booklist (featured review)
Readers will find entertaining anecdotes—and something to
think about M
—Library Journal
i?Polymath Allen brings his considerable talents to bear on
a phenomenon that is increasingly a concern of critics of con-
temporary Americans—the 4unprecedented amount of mental
incapacitationy in our society. . . . Instructive in a pleasing,
popular way . . . tempering missionary zeal with humor and
humaneness, Allen addresses a sorry condition and\ better yet,
suggests solutions. M
—Publishers Weekly
Critics have raved about Steve Allen's "Dumbth": And 81 Ways
to Make Americans Smarter, a work that one described as "the
ultimate how-to book." Allen addresses the increasing amount of
ineptitude and inefficiency that pervades all segments of American
life and work and has coined a shorthand term for this tendency
toward muddleheadedness—"dumbth." After sketching out the di-
mensions of the problem, Allen points to solutions. First, he recom-
mends that we add a fourth "R"—reasoning—to the traditional
reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic of education. Second, he offers the
reader a full 81 "rules" for good thinking, arguing that thinking
well, like any skill, requires study, practice, and application.
Although Steve Allen is best known for his creative work in music
and comedy, he has also written 36 books and created and hosted
numerous television shows. Vissza