Messy : how to be creative and resilient in a tidy-minded world
Harford, Tim, 1973-2017
Books, Manuscripts
The urge to tidiness seems to be rooted deep in the human psyche. Many of us feel threatened by anything that is vague, unplanned, scattered around or hard to describe. We find comfort in having a script to rely on, a system to follow, in being able to categorise and file away. We all benefit from tidy organisation - up to a point. Tim Harford reveals how qualities we value more than ever - responsiveness, resilience and creativity - simply cannot be disentangled from the messy soil that produces them.
Main title:
Author:
Harford, Tim, 1973-, author
Imprint:
London : Abacus, 2017.
Collation:
327 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2016.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780349141145 (pbk)
Dewey class:
153.35153.35 153.35HAR
Language:
English
BRN:
2578749