And I'm sure that's a major part of the museum, but the article sure makes it seem like the museum is taking the piss out of major, already-established companies. Coca-Cola, Google, Heinz, Bic... these are not companies displaying early failures that preceded their greatness.

Through the Adams Atrium

iirc they were immediately met with tons of privacy concerns and were banned from a lot of places with the indication that if they actually became widespread, they'd be banned pretty much anywhere.

To my recollection, that's what actually killed it. I mean there were lots of factors, but that's the trajectory I remember, because I was really interested in them and thought they were cool, then I started seeing articles about all the different places you couldn't take them without massive privacy violations, which made them effectively useless.

Like, say someone bans them in bathrooms. Reasonable, but now imagine having to take off your glasses every time you go to the bathroom. The usefulness starts wearing down.

The sad thing is that people can't even have a conversation about this major news topic that has generated countless 100+ comment threads here

> “My research is focused on helping organizations to be more innovative. And one of the big obstacles to innovation is the fear of failure,” said West told CBS New York recently. “So I was playing with this idea: How can I communicate the research findings and the importance of accepting failure?”

Oh my god someone telling me that my failure might end up on display in a museum dedicated to failure for everyone to come and laugh at how bad it failed

is the exact opposite way to get me to accept failure.

Are we greeted by an animatronic Bill DeBlazio when we enter?

Went to this last weekend. Felt like a buzzfeed listicle come to life, with the same amount of production value. I’d just check the instagram for it vs go.

Where do you get this from? I have never seen them used

Haha I was one one of the people that bashed AirPods and iPad when they came out, but now it’s a part of daily life for me lol

Ye perception is definitely a big one. A lot of time you create something expecting it to ‘fail’ because you want to learn/test from it. Creating something that doesn’t exist or improving on an existing design is such a fascinating process

Wow so I googled the guy, definitely interesting inventions lol and a perfect example. Like I like at his 2 inventions barbecue king and the bed light switcher. Rudimentary leads to infrared oven and hue light bulbs if you think about it

Not gonna lie I kinda want the spaghetti winder lol

Absolute garbage take. You’re looking at the past with rose tinted glasses

Aim low and you will never be disappointed! A motto to live by!

I was one of the first adopters, I remember taking them into the bar next door to the google studio and people were all interested in talking about them. But one girl was like "ya know though just kinda looks douchey once you have them on"

So I dunno what it was but even back then in the first early days that was the opinion.

So I assume we'll have exhibits about:

• failure to execute major subway expansions since 1967
• failure to containerize trash collection
• failure to have social services better than rattletrap
• failure to have a police department that isn't an unaccountable rogue gang
• failure to build affordable housing without relying on the willingness of private developers
• failure to properly fund the NYPL

... oh.

I was an adult when he was mayor and think he was pretty shitty. A lot of our problems today can be traced back to his administration, either by policy choices he made or problems he ignored.

Giuliani was a pretty good Mayor at his time. I think he lost his mind afterwards. I was a child when he was a mayor but I noticed many improvements. I was delighted to explore my city that was safer and cleaner.

I was thinking that it was probably going to be just another one of those "museums" where you pay a bunch of money so that you can post on social media that you're there.

Much less hubris at the Amtrak/federal level politics. I think he will be able to run free like the train daddy stallion he is

I genuinely believe Byford could have accelerated the 2nd Ave subway and we might even have been starting phase 3 by now

Cuomo is such a bitch. Couldn’t handle that someone else was actually good at their job and did what they were hired to do. All politics for him. Good riddance

He’s the best in the biz. TfL is running like a smooth ship now and the Elizabeth line is done and humming. Now he’s on to the next agency to fix.

I agree but appointing Andy Byford doesn’t get us any closer to that scenario. That’s my point. He’s a celebrity among urbanist nerds but he’s not some superhero who can force the nationalization of an entire industry.

My building allows it and it certainly is convenient, and I think the safety thing is overblown. But honestly, the temperature argument is an extremely weak one. Food arrives, you go grab it, within a couple of minutes you’re right back at your apartment eating it. Your apps are telling you when the food has arrived so it’s on you if you leave it to cool down.

I imagine deliverers like it too—faster turnaround at buildings means less delays and more orders completed in an hour.

If anything, I’d argue for accessibility aspects. People who are disabled, injured, unwell, have babies or small children, are elderly, etc—all of these groups have a much harder time popping out of the apartment and might want the flexibility of getting good delivered directly.

Sounds like you’re agreeing with the guy above.

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