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Ichingcarpenter

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Tue Oct-13-09 01:43 AM
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Piano stairs - the Fun theory

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Posted on DU: October 13, 2009
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“The Fun Theory” is a series of experiments, captured on video, to find out if making the world more fun can improve people’s behavior. The top video, Piano Stairs, has achieved over 1 million views on YouTube – I can’t count how many times friends have shared it this week.

Among the experiments: does turning a set of subway stairs into a real-life piano encourage people to use them (answer: yes, 66% more). Another experiment asks whether making a trash can sound like a 50ft-deep well will make people pick up their trash. An upcoming experiment, meanwhile, will turn a bottle recycling center into an arcade game.

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pinto

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Tue Oct-13-09 01:51 AM
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1. Big kick and rec.

:hi:

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WillParkinson

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Tue Oct-13-09 01:59 AM
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2. Proud to rec!

That was awesome.

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Voice for Peace

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Tue Oct-13-09 02:27 AM
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3. YES! more fun!!

they are so onto something

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Ichingcarpenter

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Tue Oct-13-09 02:46 AM
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4. Here's their world deepest garbage bin...

That's what it says on the trash bin.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Rolighetsteorin#p/a/0/cbEKAwCoCKw

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Norrin Radd

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Tue Oct-13-09 04:35 AM
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5. Adorable.

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starroute

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Tue Oct-13-09 11:32 AM
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6. The problem is that part of this is just novelty

It's like the experiments that have shown that any change in the work place can lead to a temporary increase in productivity -- add music, paint the walls, anything -- but once people get used to it, the effect goes away.

Making a trash can sound like a 50-foot deep well may get people to use it for a while -- but after the 200th time, I'll bet the effect wears pretty thin.

If they really want to make this work, I think it'll have to be computerized so that everything keeps changing and you never know *what* effect you're going to get.

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Ichingcarpenter

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Tue Oct-13-09 12:56 PM
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7. Do you know how many of millions of people visit Stockholm?

You must be a lot of fun in your little world

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