Friday, June 27, 2014

Adams's 12th Law of Social Dynamics

"Walk on the same side of the walkway that you would drive if it were a roadway." 

Ex: Americans stay to the right, British stay to the left

Thursday, June 26, 2014

Monday, June 23, 2014

Draper's Law

"Just think about it deeplythen forget it…then an idea will jump up in your face." -Don Draper ("Mad Men")

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Adams's 11th Law of Social Dynamics

"'Common sense' is a myth. All knowledge was at some point acquired through failure, or education. There is no shared library of human intuition."

Monday, June 16, 2014

Adams's 10th Law of Social Dynamics

"Always ask the person if they have seen the show/read the book/seen the movie before you reveal any plot point, no matter how insignificant."

Friday, June 6, 2014

Adams's 3rd Law of Technology

"Thanks to the Internet, I can no longer say 'I don't know.' I can only say 'I don't know yet.'"

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Adams's 9th Law of Social Dynamics

"Behind every great person's brilliant idea is a mountain of total crap ideas that didn't make the cut. Behind that mountain is another equally large mound of disquieting facts about their life that they would never want their followers to discover." 

See: Ghandi, Mohandas; Teresa, Mother; Edison, Thomas