How long does it take to read Crazy Talk, Stupid Talk?
How We Defeat Ourselves by the Way We Talk and What to Do About It
Crazy Talk, Stupid Talk by Neil Postman takes about 4 hours 56 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 56 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1976. 269 pages, about 73,975 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 13 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 56 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 5 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A guide to recognizing and correcting or eradicating confused, inappropriate, and inarticulate speech and unreasonable or maliciously intended speech, based on the non-Aristotelian orientation of 'general semantics.'
Subjects: Interpersonal communication, Oral communication, general semantics, United States
