Andy Matuschak on Twitter: "People laugh about children who ask “why?” all the time but not about the adults who never do." / Twitter

Andy Matuschak

@andy_matuschak

People laugh about children who ask “why?” all the time but not about the adults who never do.

9:48 PM · Oct 11, 2015 from Mission, San FranciscoTweetbot for iΟS

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Why do you think that's true? :-)

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That’s a good question and is a subject of my present research!

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Whys

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That’s pretty much what I do for a living.

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Yep. Maybe IDEO’S quest to get all organizations to practice design thinking will put a dent in this more broadly.

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those are the best kids though!!

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also it's pretty fun to see how far down the rabbit hole you can

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been trying to encourage my 3-year-old to keep doing this by attempting to answer as much as i can. so far so good.

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I've almost been fired for asking why too much many times. Now as an academic it's finally OK.

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All Computers Are Punished

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Oct 12, 2015

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why ask “Why?” when “Actually…”

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