Stefan Sagmeister: Things I have learned in my life so far

[salimroslyn]

very interesting post. Keep it up!

[neilss1]

I remember the monkey in aberdeen :)

[uncleshan]

cool to have a list like that.

[drifttune]

Some assignments I've done at school were completely inspired by Sagmeister's creativity and his method of somehow involving, and interacting with, the viewer through his works. Of course I cannot live off his intellect indefinitely, but these talks provide a great guide into how I can create better designs. Stefan is a true inspiration.

[gordinidesigns]

A remarkable visionary - I have watched all his TED talks. I recommend watching them all to those who enjoyed this one. Namaste

[NEHARY]

i ssooo want to work for him!

and yes keeping a diary does support personal development.

[wlchrbandit]

just discovered this guy after being told to research him for a college project... what a guy!

[Kimmathykay]

The last one: "Everybody who is honest is interesting." Does he also inversely mean everybody who is dishonest is not interesting? I'm not sure I can agree with either. Whether it is a fake veneer or an alter ego side to a person, I think fakeness can be interesting. And perhaps, some people are truly boring! i.e. My mother, but we won't get in to that.

[uncleshan]

@Kimmathykay . everybody thinks they are right...

[luchogallardoleon]

The monkeys looked good, because que was using something like a magician trick: "Guess what the meaning is...". But then you realizes that there's no relation between the images and the phrase. Looked like ramdom. I mean: "worring solves nothing" combined with some kind of budhists escenario, would have been obvios and too easy, but the ramdom scenerario doesn´t help at all. "Dont worry", made of knots, would have been much better.

[earfetish]

This was garbage wrapped up as profundity.

[mateuniverse]

Hes cool and all but he's such a poser...

[africanchina1]

being cool and being a poser are opposites

[soulwrappin]

what is he posing about? he's being honest.

[7gramcracka77]

Dude I wish my last name was Sagmeister!!!

[MrFyde]

Uhm... huh ?

[stockon]

What an inspriring artist

[barrywilliamsmb]

This is an excellent video because it emphasizes the need for humans to recognize and utilize their personal power.

There may be little we can do individually to affect global warming but we can reduce global worrying tomorrow.

My 75 yr old mother admonishes me: "Well, you're not worried about it, someone better be!" as if we all have our share of worry to bare.

You can pack up my share because I've learned to just say NO to negative goal setting!

Thanks for the vid TEDtalksDirector.

[WarVideo]

Of course money makes him happy, how else would he be able to do all this crap without money, im just glad its not my money because THAT would not make me happy.

[WtfJuju]

He said "money does not make me happy"

[WarVideo]

yeah, thats what i ment to say:(

[WtfJuju]

and he said that he himslef did not pay for all of that. Other people did.

[WarVideo]

So money does make him happy, other peoples money. Other people who have to work and make a living so he can do what heenjoys. Without money who would not be able to do it.

[WtfJuju]

Not directly... anywho, this is pointsless... I'm done.

[GaddingImp]

No, you are pointless.

[WtfJuju]

Woah! Did someone get offended. Hmm, maybe you should stop treating the money system like a religion. Just a maybe.

[GaddingImp]

No reason for me to be offended. Money system isn't a religion at all. Study harder.

[WarVideo]

My point was, it does make him happy, he cant do anything without it. That statemnt cant be true.

[WtfJuju]

it is true. Atleast for my self, it is 100% true.

[WarVideo]

So wealth doesnot make you happy? Of course it does! Happiness is more possible and more easilly attainable with money. Try living in african or in the middle ages, and try to achieve happiness with plagues, war, and famines.

[WtfJuju]

I am homeless and have 0 money. I live a happy life. Dont assume beyond your range of knowledge. You dont know me. Money is slavery. I dont need you to believe me. If you cant be happy without money, that fine. I dont need money.

[WarVideo]

How is money slayery? Money is just a medium of exchange that represents wealth that has been produced? Is production evil? Do you have clothes? do you have a computer? do you have shoes? do you like walking on rocks and dirt with your naked feet or on cement? Somehow someway your life dfepends on property, wealth, money. Evne the food you eat, is that not produced? is that no represented by money? If money is the root of evil, then what is the root of money?

[ROFLpwnedvideos]

That is why money is slavery. As far as the necessities go, you don't NEED a computer...

Food, shelter, clothes and water. All of that can be provided from Nature if you know how to do it. Too many people would be screwed if society crumbled. They're TOO dependent on stores and money for necessities.

[WtfJuju]

Do you know how money comes about? who makes it? Who regulates it? Who decides or what decides how much its worth?

[WarVideo]

Are you talking about money an a mixed or statist economy or a toally free economy?

In a free economy it sure isnt the beurocrats.

[lordcheetah]

Money by itself is worthless, but what it can buy can contribute to your happiness.

[WarVideo]

Then its not worthless.

[lordcheetah]

You're missing the point. Read the rest of the sentence.

[WarVideo]

I did, and it contradicts the first point.

[NastyDHL]

I think he means that money without any other possessions in worthless (by itself), but what you can do with the money can buy things to contribute to your happiness...

Anyway, I disagree lordcheetah...I don't think what money can buy contributes to one's happiness, it simply helps to distract one better from one's unhappiness.

[Borror0]

That's nicely said NastyDHL.

That's the wonderful part in capitalism. "Work hard, friends. Earn that precious money necessary to your happiness. Necessary, to make you forget how miserable your life really is."

Or, "Buy, and stop thinking."

[asmodeus585]

The real capitalism is about doing sth you like - sth you're good at and earning proportional amount of money to the value of what you're doing. The more sublime and rare your work is - when e.g you're an artist - the more money you should gain from it. That's the theory anyway.

Genuine free market is about freedom and responsibility. You can work or you can not work if you want - all is in your hands.

[Borror0]

Well, that is clearly not what happens.

Capitalism does not enable the happiness that the theory supposes. It is a system that allows cruel injustices.

The only reason it survives, that the people don't request change, is that a lot of people cope with it. For many, their material possessions let them escape reality.

That doesn't mean they are happier. Sadly.

[asmodeus585]

Yep, but isn't it because we actually don't have the true capitalism in the sense of Smith's vision? Or maybe we should differ free market from capitalism? The problem is that nowhere in the world there is a full economic and personal freedom supported by law. I don't want to state that full freedom = prosperity, that market is actually rational in long-terms without any external interventions but the problem is that we've never really tried it. We can't blame sth that doesn't exist in practice.

[Borror0]

That is because there is no such thing as an invisible hand.

Capitalism has one thing right. Humans are driven by greed. This is why communism failed. There was no carrot to make the horse move.

However, in its current state, it leads to great injustices. And it's being controlled, otherwise it would get worse.

Personally, I think that the state has a greater responsibility than what most, if not all, Western countries let it take.

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[Borror0]

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Letting it go, without control, would lead into a second period where we would all be denominate by an aristocracy again.

I'm not stupid enough to advocate communism as for as long there will be humans, there will be greed. However, socialism has some good. It's a matter of taking the best out of the two.

To me, the current economy crisis also proves the failure of the invisible hand.

[starwarsgeek8]

amen!

[earfetish]

consider that the government shouldn't be in cahoots with businesses either; be that the oil industry or the banking industry.

[Lihinel]

Gold.

...or maybe just blured out paper?

[Punniabi]

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