Some fresh bookmarks from delicious.com

  • Några få röster kan vända valet – DN.se – Just 298 votes – for the right party, in the right districts – could give the Moderates a majority.
  • Distantsilt: pildikesi Eestist – Eesti Päevaleht – (In Estonian.) A Spaniard living in Estonia comments on Estonians' un-service-mindedness and their general habit of not being particularly nice to strangers. This is why I am not even considering moving back to Estonia.
  • Design Thinking vs. Data Thinking – “Data thinking”: present the problem as a mathematical formula like any other, come up with systematic solutions, then employ testing until a final result is produced. What's pointedly missing from this approach is the human factor: there is no empathy in the process. It lives or dies entirely by the “sword of data”.
  • TED Talks: Barry Schwartz on the paradox of choice – Why more choice does not lead to more happiness