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July 2011
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curiositycounts:
Paul Bloom on the origins of pleasure. Bloom is the author of the fascinating How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like.
Reminds me of a conversation I had w/ a photographer at a bar about why I would spend the money for an authentic Barcelona chair versus what he did, buy the much cheaper knock off.
June 2011
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May 2011
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April 2011
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March 2011
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February 2011
10 posts
Designer lesson
I may have learned one of the most sobering lessons of my budding career today. And funny to say, it was during one of those all-too-common and much under-appreciated go-fer runs as an underpaid, overworked intern. It started with one question at the checkout counter: “How did you deal with working for a boss that was a suit?” On a whim, I had asked Brad, a very nice and helpful...
January 2011
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