We're discussed the points Sheena Iyengar made in the second half of her talk:
The more choices you have, the more likely you are to make the best choice.
You will surely find the perfect match.
True or false?
False.
Why?
Because it will make me confused, because the choices become more and I must think about more reason to choose the right thing.
This makes me think about the trend for curated websites and stuff like that. Curated means someone has selected it for you according to a set of principles. Like a set of products. So you can go to a kind of shop that you know will have about what you need, and you only have to make a choice of like, three.
But always, I think it's conveneint, but I'm always confused about what should I select for what I need. You hear, this is great, that is great...
Yeah, everything is great!
So what is the best for me?
So you have to know what you want in this situation.
2012/01/02
The Art of Choosing Part 2
Go to The Art of Choosing Part 1
We're going to discuss the second and third points Sheena Iyengar made in her talk:
12/30 課堂筆記 The Art of Choosing
Participants: Maggie, Fannie, Stacy, Angela
We discussed Sheena Iyengar's TED talk, "The Art of Choosing."
"In America, when a paying customer makes a reasonable request based on her preferences, she has every right to have that request met."
In modern taiwan, this is true.
Before they would tell you, there is no sugar, or it's out.
But more and more people ask for higher quality of service, so people feel it's a basic requirement of service to meet reasonable requests.
Why would they tell you tell you there's no sugar?
To save money
"If a choice affects you , then you should be the one to make it."
Do you agree with that?
Why should I make the choice, just because it affects me?
Here's an example. In Taiwan, many parents choose the department that their kids will study. This will affect them.
So, do you agree?
I agree, but in my experience, we're still affected by someone.
I agree with you.
I want to make choices, but sometimes it's in vain.
"This is the ONLY way to ensure that your preferences and interests will be most fully accounted for."
Do you agree with that, that it's the ONLY way?
I found that Europeans or maerican like to say ONLY, but we like to say "maybe".
We discussed Sheena Iyengar's TED talk, "The Art of Choosing."
"In America, when a paying customer makes a reasonable request based on her preferences, she has every right to have that request met."
In modern taiwan, this is true.
Before they would tell you, there is no sugar, or it's out.
But more and more people ask for higher quality of service, so people feel it's a basic requirement of service to meet reasonable requests.
Why would they tell you tell you there's no sugar?
To save money
"If a choice affects you , then you should be the one to make it."
Do you agree with that?
Why should I make the choice, just because it affects me?
Here's an example. In Taiwan, many parents choose the department that their kids will study. This will affect them.
So, do you agree?
I agree, but in my experience, we're still affected by someone.
I agree with you.
I want to make choices, but sometimes it's in vain.
"This is the ONLY way to ensure that your preferences and interests will be most fully accounted for."
Do you agree with that, that it's the ONLY way?
I found that Europeans or maerican like to say ONLY, but we like to say "maybe".
2011/12/13
2011/12/09
課堂筆記 Connection is Why We're Here
We talked about this video of Brene Brown at TEDxHouston.
Concluding statments:
This reminds me me of a book I read a long time ago, I forgot the title, there's a statment that impressed me, that made a big impact. The statement was, if we don't feel … you know, at that time, I was a very unhappy person, and because I was like the person she she talked about in the video, you know, 'we numb our feelings' I tried to chase a kind of life, which had no ups and downs. I just wanted a life, like, that was level. I didn't want happiness, I didn't want pain. Which is a kind of numbness.
But I knew I was really unhappy. And I depended, I found out because of that book, I depended on other people for my happiness. If they think you're worthy, you're happy. If you think you're unworthy, you're unhappy. You give your control away. I remember this statement stayed in my mind for a long time. In the very beginning today, at one point we talked about people who think they are worthy. When we talked about that , this statement came to my mind.
Do you feel differently now? About being level, I mean?
Of course, these fifteen years I've changed a lot. But it's hard to describe, I don't know how to say it.
Concluding statments:
This reminds me me of a book I read a long time ago, I forgot the title, there's a statment that impressed me, that made a big impact. The statement was, if we don't feel … you know, at that time, I was a very unhappy person, and because I was like the person she she talked about in the video, you know, 'we numb our feelings' I tried to chase a kind of life, which had no ups and downs. I just wanted a life, like, that was level. I didn't want happiness, I didn't want pain. Which is a kind of numbness.
But I knew I was really unhappy. And I depended, I found out because of that book, I depended on other people for my happiness. If they think you're worthy, you're happy. If you think you're unworthy, you're unhappy. You give your control away. I remember this statement stayed in my mind for a long time. In the very beginning today, at one point we talked about people who think they are worthy. When we talked about that , this statement came to my mind.
Do you feel differently now? About being level, I mean?
Of course, these fifteen years I've changed a lot. But it's hard to describe, I don't know how to say it.
2011/12/08
Connection is Why We're Here.
The key statements in the video, as I heard them, anyways, are below.
For our discussion, I was thinking we could go through these one by one and discuss.
Connection is why we're here.
Connection is the purpose of our lives.
We're wired for it in our brains.
The unnamed thing that unravels connection: Shame.
2011/12/01
12/2 What changes can you as a mature person make in the world?
We are not just consumers. We do much more than just buy things.
Our lives are not just personal. The decisions we make for ourselves have an effect far beyond our own lives.
Each of us is an adult, and we we make adult decisions in our lives, and these have effect on the people around us, and in the communities around us.
Each of us has a job, and the decisions we make in that job have an effect in the economy and society around us, even if only in very small ways.
In your capacity as a working adult, you can−−
Our lives are not just personal. The decisions we make for ourselves have an effect far beyond our own lives.
Each of us is an adult, and we we make adult decisions in our lives, and these have effect on the people around us, and in the communities around us.
Each of us has a job, and the decisions we make in that job have an effect in the economy and society around us, even if only in very small ways.
In your capacity as a working adult, you can−−
2011/11/29
Apple Economics
At the RO Studio one Friday night, five of us sat down to understand two opinion articles written by Darius Guppy for the Independent and the Telegraph, two British newspapers. The articles argue that our banking system is a fraud, because it creates a virtual economy of such runaway inflation that we are forced to produce beyond the means of the resources on this planet.
As we began to read the article, we realized that we didn't really know what inflation was. Fortunately, Fanny, who works in finance, had an example story for us. "If there were five apples on this table," she said, "and each of us at the table had a coin, each apple would cost one coin."
"Now, if each person at this table had two coins," said Fanny, "each apple would then cost two coins."
The amount of money in a system divided by the amount of product in that system equals the price of what is produced. This is a basic principle of economics. The more money you have in the system, the higher the cost of products.
Now we were ready to attempt the articles before us. The first article began by describing banking as it was first conceived:
As we began to read the article, we realized that we didn't really know what inflation was. Fortunately, Fanny, who works in finance, had an example story for us. "If there were five apples on this table," she said, "and each of us at the table had a coin, each apple would cost one coin."
Slide 1
"Now, if each person at this table had two coins," said Fanny, "each apple would then cost two coins."
The amount of money in a system divided by the amount of product in that system equals the price of what is produced. This is a basic principle of economics. The more money you have in the system, the higher the cost of products.
Slide 2
Now we were ready to attempt the articles before us. The first article began by describing banking as it was first conceived:
2011/11/03
11/25 What a 7 year old thinks about how women are drawn in comic books.
Why are female superheros drawn like this, but male superheroes never are?
Okay. For today's discussion, first, read this article (It's short and pretty easy):
A 7-year-old girl responds to DC Comics’ sexed-up reboot of Starfire
2011/10/23
10/28 Celebration!!
Maggie got her Ph.D., so this Friday, we're celebrating!!
Come to the A-Plus Dining Sake Bar, which serves sake, beer, cocktails, and lovely things to eat, on AnHe Road, Section 1, Number 33. We're meeting between 7:30 to 8:00.
www.aplusdiningbar.com.tw
map below:
Come to the A-Plus Dining Sake Bar, which serves sake, beer, cocktails, and lovely things to eat, on AnHe Road, Section 1, Number 33. We're meeting between 7:30 to 8:00.
www.aplusdiningbar.com.tw
map below:
2011/10/15
10/14 課堂筆記 Play
Final Statements:
I want to say that it's a lot of fun when all of us were talking about what we played when we were young. I feel like we were playing.
Oh, you're right! The conversation really felt different.
The End! (Point made!)
So coming here on Fridays to discuss, it's not playing?
It's diffrent playing.
I think it's playing, because we're very careful not to dominate each other.
The End!
Well, I was thinking about Wang Jienming, he gets to play for a living.
It can't be playing, because he has to win all the time, it's a job!
It's working!
It's a competition, it's not a game anymore!
The End!
So if you're in an orchestra, it's not really playing either, right?
So, would the world be different if everyone was playing all the time?
Oh, it definitely would.
And I think kids, they don't know what 'learning' is. What they do is just playing. Like my sister's kid, she can read a lot in kindergarten, but she doesn't think she's learning, she's just playing, she doesn't have this idea that she's 'learning'. She just learns out of play.
Just like I watch a Japanese drama, so I learned some Japanese.
Yeah, my friend learned some Cantonese, just by watching Hong Kong dramas. She watched a lot, so she could understand people in Hong Kong when she went there.
My personal feeling is that you have to be playing at some level, in order to learn. You can't learn when you are forced.
End.
Yes!!! Hahaha
I want to say that it's a lot of fun when all of us were talking about what we played when we were young. I feel like we were playing.
Oh, you're right! The conversation really felt different.
The End! (Point made!)
So coming here on Fridays to discuss, it's not playing?
It's diffrent playing.
I think it's playing, because we're very careful not to dominate each other.
The End!
Well, I was thinking about Wang Jienming, he gets to play for a living.
It can't be playing, because he has to win all the time, it's a job!
It's working!
It's a competition, it's not a game anymore!
The End!
So if you're in an orchestra, it's not really playing either, right?
So, would the world be different if everyone was playing all the time?
Oh, it definitely would.
And I think kids, they don't know what 'learning' is. What they do is just playing. Like my sister's kid, she can read a lot in kindergarten, but she doesn't think she's learning, she's just playing, she doesn't have this idea that she's 'learning'. She just learns out of play.
Just like I watch a Japanese drama, so I learned some Japanese.
Yeah, my friend learned some Cantonese, just by watching Hong Kong dramas. She watched a lot, so she could understand people in Hong Kong when she went there.
My personal feeling is that you have to be playing at some level, in order to learn. You can't learn when you are forced.
End.
Yes!!! Hahaha
2011/10/06
Play
First, two short articles to consider:
Playing Isn’t Just For Young Folks (sorry, I lost the link to this article)
One day I decided to take a break from routine and try a new recipe. The next day at work, when asked what I did on my day off, I responded, “I played”, because that’s what it felt like – having some fun trying something different. To my surprise, that co-worker commented that she felt like she had forgotten how to play. And so began a several-minute discussion between all of us on what “play” means.
One woman described being intrigued by watching her grandson, age three, pour water back and forth from several containers and be absorbed in this play for close to thirty minutes. He was enjoying the wetness, watching what a stream of water looks like, seeing one cup fill up and another empty, learning that smaller cups run over when filled from larger cups. (Of course he also was acquiring skills in co-ordination and spacial processing, but he didn’t know that. He was just enjoying himself.)
Playing Isn’t Just For Young Folks (sorry, I lost the link to this article)
One day I decided to take a break from routine and try a new recipe. The next day at work, when asked what I did on my day off, I responded, “I played”, because that’s what it felt like – having some fun trying something different. To my surprise, that co-worker commented that she felt like she had forgotten how to play. And so began a several-minute discussion between all of us on what “play” means.
One woman described being intrigued by watching her grandson, age three, pour water back and forth from several containers and be absorbed in this play for close to thirty minutes. He was enjoying the wetness, watching what a stream of water looks like, seeing one cup fill up and another empty, learning that smaller cups run over when filled from larger cups. (Of course he also was acquiring skills in co-ordination and spacial processing, but he didn’t know that. He was just enjoying himself.)
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