“The line from psychologists is, if you’ve seen it before, it hasn’t killed you yet.” HistoryPsychologySurvivalFamiliarityHeredityPopular Science Book:Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction Source: Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
“Almost every piece of media people consume, every purchase they make, every design they confront lives on a continuum between fluency and disfluency - ease of thinking and difficulty of thinking. Most people lead lives of quiet fluency. They listen to music that sounds like the music they've already heard. They look forward to movies with characters, actors, and plot that they recognize. they don't heed ideas from opposing parties, particularly if these ideas seem painfully complicated. (...) the greatest joys often come from discovering fluency in places you didn't expect.” FamiliarityThe Familiar Book:Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction Source: Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction