The zzzzzzzz-list and other tricks

I don't know why, but the case of the Notable (see previous post) strikes a chord of irritation that is similar with A-bloggers (or was it A-Lister the correct name?), whereas this category seems at first sight totally unrelated with a smart speech impaired notable. A-bloggers have a knack at sharp, in your face, sententious affirmations, a strong capacity at embroidering around meaninglessness with apparently consistent speech that hardly resists simple analysis, as long as the listener stops being mesmerized. That is the most difficult part though: escaping mesmerization triggered by A-Listers blowing hot air. Some adopt the zzzzzzzz-list trick. An ultimate trick I tried to escape was to read the list of notables roles in a soon to come fast to forget conference, skipping people names. I picked these I especially found delicious: digital thinker, Japanese über-blogger (über alles?), expert on happiness, leading thinker on cognition, top European design thinker, sustainability architect, air and space visionary. Phew! Kampai! And put a sock in it too.