Avoiding Bikeshedding
An Eye Toward the Existential
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20362148 |
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| Authors | Christine Perakslis (0000-0002-8890-0868, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 83-84 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | IEEE Technology and Society Magazine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0278-0097 • E-ISSN: 1937-416X |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1109/mts.2023.3241296 |
| OpenAlex | W4323352156 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
The bicycle-shed effect (also known as Parkinson’s law of triviality or bikeshedding) is a belief that humans assign disproportionate weight to trivial issues, thus devoting excessive resources (e.g., time, energy, money, etc.) to more insignificant issues to the detriment of the significant [1] . Humans are believed to prefer to focus on simple and comprehendible subjects (e.g., which color to paint the company Bike-Shed) at the expense of far more significant, yet often complex quandaries (e.g., determining the location of the nuclear power plant) [1] , [2]
Computer Science · Innovative Human-Technology Interaction · Mathematics · Artificial Intelligence · Geology
| Highly cited | No |
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