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99% Invisible
The book was mentioned as a favorite of the podcast's listeners. It was given to a friend of the podcast host in college, and the host believes the book was influential in the creation of the show.
I mean, my friend in college giving me a copy of the design of everyday things is probably one of the reasons why this show Exists. I mean, he's that pivotal. He's like our spiritual godfather.
— Episode: Mini-Stories: Volume 17
Episode: Mini-Stories: Volume 17
The book was mentioned as a favorite of the podcast's listeners. It was given to a friend of the podcast host in college, and the host believes the book was influential in the creation of the show.
I mean, my friend in college giving me a copy of the design of everyday things is probably one of the reasons why this show Exists. I mean, he's that pivotal. He's like our spiritual godfather.
Don actually talks about the French Revolution in that book because as part of this new rational society They were building the French introduced an idea called decimal ization Which is a system of measurements that uses 10 as the base number so they switched everything.
He has a new book that just came out earlier this year called design for a better world And I will say it is very much worth your time