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On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 9:21 AM, Fernando Mendes <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Anyone familiar with the term Stigmergy, specifically related to [Design] > Education? > Let me take a contrarian view. When distinguished people say not to go into a novel area (which they actually don't know much about), then Go For It! If you wish to do an important piece of work, one that changes the field, then do NOT do what others want you to do. Find some area that you believe is productive and interesting and charge ahead. Defy conventional wisdom. Produce new insights that all those other folks never dreamed of. If others give you lots of reasons why this is a bad idea, yes, read the reasons, think about it, and follow your own mind. Oh, and do not read too much before you start your work. If you read too much, you will end up following everyone who went before you, falling into their same traps. Read the entire literature AFTER you have finished (but before you publish). Too much prior knowledge is deadly. What to be the leader in a field? Then lead where no one else has gone before. Don't be a follower. Followers simply trample the grass and provide no useful new insights. Don Norman Prof. and Director, DesignLab, UC San Diego [log in to unmask] designlab.ucsd.edu/ www.jnd.org <http://www.jnd.org/> Executive assistant: Olga McConnell, [log in to unmask] +1 858 534-0992 Design Forward San Diego: Broadway Pier. Oct. 26-27, 2017 <http://designforwardsd.com/> ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design -----------------------------------------------------------------