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A misguided book on mess
The new book A Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder has been getting a good bit of attention.
For example, from The Economist, In praise of mess:
Procrastination makes sense too. America's Marine Corps, the authors repeat (several times), never makes detailed plans in advance. Leaving important things to the last minute reduces the risk of wasting time on things that may ultimately prove not important at all.
Aah yes, those messy, wild-haired Marines. Will they ever get organized? Which is to say: are these authors kidding? Bringing up U.S. Marines in a book about disorder? That's really a reach.
I see the point about not overplanning, and not over-organizing - I say much the same in Bit Literacy - but that doesn't mean people should embrace disorder everywhere.

