via: head over heels
Life would be so much better if it weren’t for human vices. If we didn’t do things like betray, lie, discriminate, hurt, steal from each other…
Life already sucks due to uncontrollable phenomenons such as natural distasters and things like car accidents. The only thing we can control are ourselves, and yet, we are the ones who cause so much suffering to others. I wonder if everyone in the world was aware of this, would this ever end? Would people try harder to make life more pleasant and more worth living for others and themselves? I hope so.
@3 weeks ago“I’m going to let you take my photo because you seem like a genuine person. But—just so you know—I don’t normally let people steal my swag.”

So while we should applaud the organizers’ efforts to open MBA eyes to the importance and value of design in solving business problems, it seems that even its most forward-thinking students may not have fully digested that design is a serious pursuit that requires serious training.
The competition outcome might also tell us that designers have reason to be encouraged. With only 15 minutes to convince a skeptical panel of experienced professionals about a new idea that doesn’t exist in the world today, they fared significantly better than their MBA counterparts. Why? Because they shared real user insights to engage us emotionally, used narrative and stories to compel us, drew sketches and visualizations to inspire us, and simplified the complex to focus us. It’s proof positive that numbers and bullet points, while important, aren’t necessarily what drive executive decision making.
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Finally, it tells us that we still have a long way to go to develop business professionals who both appreciate and can engage the tools of design effectively.

(If he wasn’t dead).
Dear Suzanne Collins,
I really love The Hunger Games Trilogy. I love the world of Panem, the concept of the districts and the Capitol and the Games, and the social commentary THG makes on our current society of laziness, wastefulness, obsession with reality television,…
“Due to the misogyny massaged into men’s brains, a queen loses her crown when she loses her virginity. And a queen becomes the bitch when she likes it.”
(Source: babybutta)