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We are strangely biased, as individuals and media institutions, to focus on big sudden changes, whether good or bad - amazing breakthroughs, such as a new gadget that gets released, or catastrophic failures, like a plane crash. Steven Johnson amazebadbias share on social
Most of the time, criticism that takes pop culture seriously involves performing some kind of symbolic analysis, decoding the work to demonstrate the way it represents some other aspect of society. Steven Johnson analysisaspectcriticism Change image and share on social
It is extraordinary how safe flying has become. You are now statistically more likely to be elected president of the United States in your lifetime than you are to die in a plane crash. What an amazing achievement as a society! But what we end up focusing on are the catastrophic failures that are incredibly rare but happen every now and then. Steven Johnson achievementamazecatastrophic share on social
At one point, my house was a school for autistic children. I opened up my doors to about 30 kids and their families at the time. I was turning into Mary Poppins because I had to do something for these kids who have nowhere to go. So my house was the school for two years. Jenny McCarthy autisticchilddoor share on social
The concept of disruption is about competitive response; it is not a theory of growth. It's adjacent to growth. But it's not about growth. Clayton M. Christensen adjacentcompetitiveconcept Change image and share on social
I don't like creating software anymore. It's too exact. It's like karate; there's no room for error. John Maeda anymorecreateerror Change image and share on social