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Re: Big Interview This Morning Part II<\/p>\n

– or –<\/p>\n

Makin’ With The Pretty<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I think aesthetics are important to emotional well-being and elegant engineering can almost seem like jewelry. From an “ideal cut” diamond to the perfect cupholder, I agree with many others<\/a> that good design improves our society, sometimes imperceptibly, sometimes by greatly elevating our quality of life.<\/p>\n

So as an example, I ask you which design makes you happier? This?<\/p>\n

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or this?<\/p>\n

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Discuss.<\/a><\/p>\n

Your pal,<\/p>\n

bob<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Note the small children on the screen shots. I think this evens out the competition. Also note that I didn’t attempt to skew the results by adding puppies to one and not the other. You’re welcome.<\/p>\n

UPDATE II: More discussion<\/a> of aesthetics.<\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Re: Big Interview This Morning Part II – or – Makin’ With The Pretty I think aesthetics are important to emotional well-being and elegant engineering can almost seem like jewelry. From an “ideal cut” diamond to the perfect cupholder, I agree with many others that good design improves our society, sometimes imperceptibly, sometimes by greatly … <\/p>\n

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