Death Of Serendipity

Published: Jan. 19, 2020, 8:53 p.m.

Does our always on, instantly connected world mean that we\u2019ve lost the job of serendipity? Can we engineer our environment to maximise the chance of good things happening to us?\n\nImage: The Three Princes of Serendip\n\nThings mentioned in this podcast:\n- Red Dwarf - \u2018Future Echoes\u2019 https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x41k0sb \n- Doing the same thing twice is more fun than you think https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/04/rereading-books-rewatching-movies-decisions/587416/ \n- The Secretary Problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_problem \n- Games of Life by Karl Sigmund https://www.amazon.co.uk/Games-Life-Explorations-Evolution-Behaviour/dp/0198547838 \n\nFor more Cognitive Engineering episodes find us on iTunes, Google Play or wherever you get your podcasts, or add this RSS feed to your preferred player https://link.chtbl.com/SQeIgc44