Interesting little study published last month looking at the quality of play in toddlers and the number of toys they have available.

With fewer toys, participants had fewer incidences of toy play, longer durations of toy play, and played with toys in a greater variety of ways. This suggests that when provided with fewer toys in the environment, toddlers engage in longer periods of play with a single toy, allowing better focus to explore and play more creatively.

Adults are not significantly different than toddlers when it comes to toys or as we often call them tools. The question is - How are we decreasing our creativity by thinking we need a specific tool or app (software program) for every task.

Something Old

Last week, randtntx posted a link to a flamenco band in my Open Thread. I liked them so much I decided to feature them in this week's OT:

I'd like to welcome y'all to today's open thread, but I'm not here. There is a very nice robot who will gladly take your calls, so phone in your requests. And make lot's of noise. Cause the sound of resistance is not silence. At all.

Today's number is 4

It should be noted that humans do not have disabilities, they have impairments. The societies and cultures in which they live are corrupt and dysfunctional and create disabilities for those with impairments by tailoring the culture, practices and infrastructure of their society to those without impairments. This is something that needs to be rectified. A few wheelchair ramps here and there is an enormously inadequate solution.