The most natural form of organisation

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Both in design circles and the press, there's a lot of attention and enthusiasm for high-end multimedia products and user interfaces. It is all well but it's all niche. Nothing wrong with niche products, but ultimately, it's the less snazzy ones that happen to change the world for good. The Ford T comes to mind along with the Nokia 3310, VW Beetle, etc.

Inspired by an observation that globally 1 in 5 adults are illiterate, but not necessarily innumerate and that the digital divide will be partially closed in the coming 3 years; my interest in the past few weeks has been on understanding human universals. A simple question I have tried to answer and make tangible is how do we -all humans, organize things naturally? How do we all organize the most important moments of our life? My best answer, as simple as it sounds, is chronologically...

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