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A problem that many computer interfaces have is that text has this fundamental sameness to it. So my writing inbox, it's just like a big list of propositions. And my email inbox is a big list of subject lines, and they're all kind of these identical little tick-tacky houses. And so it's very easy to not just lose object permanence and lose sense of where anything is, but also just to become totally desensitized to the list, it's like, "There's always going to be a list it's overwhelming, those lines of text." For all time, there are always going to be lines of text in my inbox.
Andy Matuschak on Physically-Informed Digital Interface Design
notion.so
The style is, after all, simply a reflection of big tech, and how it has constructed a world with users on one side and executives on the other.
Why Does Every Advert Look the Same? Blame Corporate Memphis
wired.co.uk
Why would this work? Why would the sliced-up claims (senior bonds, junior bonds, shares) be worth more ($105) than a single unitary claim ($100)? There is a famous theorem saying that it shouldn’t work, that the value of the cash flows shouldn’t depend on how you slice them up. But of course people do slice them up. At least sometimes, it seems, there is more demand for a very safe cash flow plus a very risky cash flow than there is for a single blended kinda-risky cash flow.
Slicing Cash Flows for Better Ratings
bloomberg.com
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