As we are faced with increasingly more choice, studies are increasingly finding people to be dissatisfied. The dissatisfaction comes, in part, because the increased number of choices overwhelm our ability to analyse the data and thus we make poorer decisions. Additionally, because there are so many choice, it is easy to wonder if you could have made a better choice. Finally, if you make a choice you regret, it is your fault for making the wrong choice because it is likely (or so we think) that the “correct” options were available but you chose the wrong.
Category: Notes
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David Carson: Design, discovery and humor
Carson presents some general work, and some personal works, and discusses some effective design principles.
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Jeremy Rifkin: The Empathic Civilisation
It turns out, that empathy is a natural inborn part of the human condition when it is not otherwise trained out of us. Indeed, such things as national, occupational and neighborhood pride are all outcroppings of this natural empathy. Rifkin suggests that we can tap into the natural ability to empathize to build a more peaceful and respondent global community.
Jeremy Rifkin – The Empathic Civilisation (RSA)
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“And Then There’s This” by Bill Wasik
Wasik presents a wandering collection of stories that track the origin (often created by himself) through their short lived lives to their ultimate demise. During this process, he does some analysis on what made the various stories thrive for the short time before ultimately dying.
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Ayah Bdeir: Building blocks that blink, beep and teach
Bdeir presents “Little Bits,” an electrical version of Lego.
Ayah Bdeir: Building blocks that blink, beep and teach (TED)