Case Collection of the Benefits of Inconvenience
暫譯: 不便之利案例集
Kawakami, Hiroshi
- 出版商: Springer
- 出版日期: 2026-07-28
- 售價: $2,490
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $2,365
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 67
- 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
- ISBN: 981923980X
- ISBN-13: 9789819239801
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商品描述
This book is the first to gather vivid, down-to-earth examples showing that inconvenience often brings real benefits. There is a common belief that faster, easier, and more efficient is always better, but this is not necessarily true. Unlike heavy, abstract philosophical works questioning that belief, this book takes a very different approach, presenting concrete, relatable stories from everyday life and a wide range of disciplines. The reader then sees how inconvenience can lead to sharper thinking, deeper understanding, and unexpected insights.
From small frictions that spark creativity to deliberate inefficiencies that produce richer experiences, the book makes a strong case for the fact that some of the most meaningful gains appear only when things are not perfectly smooth. Stretching the mind, creating something new, or seeing the world from a fresh angle thus offers the powerful insight that some benefits cannot be achieved without inconvenience.
The latter half of the book features a unique reverse index, organizing examples by academic field. Whether the reader's interests lean toward science, engineering, design, education, or the humanities, a quick look at the contents may reveal surprising connections to a particular discipline or answer a question that simply arises out of curiosity.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
這本書是首部收集生動且貼近生活的例子，顯示不便之處往往帶來真正的好處。人們普遍認為更快、更簡單和更有效率的方式總是更好，但這並不一定正確。與那些質疑這種信念的沉重、抽象哲學著作不同，本書採取了截然不同的方式，呈現來自日常生活和各個領域的具體、易於理解的故事。讀者因此可以看到，不便之處如何促進更敏銳的思考、更深刻的理解和意想不到的洞察。
從激發創意的小摩擦到故意造成的低效率所產生的豐富體驗，本書強調了一個重要觀點：一些最有意義的收穫只有在事情不完全順利的情況下才會出現。擴展思維、創造新事物或從全新的角度看待世界，提供了強而有力的見解，顯示某些好處是無法在沒有不便的情況下實現的。
本書的後半部分特色是獨特的反向索引，根據學術領域組織例子。無論讀者的興趣偏向科學、工程、設計、教育或人文學科，快速瀏覽內容可能會揭示與特定學科的意外聯繫，或回答出於好奇心而產生的問題。
作者簡介
Hiroshi Kawakami is a professor at Kyoto University of Advanced Science, in Japan. He received his Bachelor, Master, and Dr. Eng. degrees from Kyoto University. He started his career at Okayama University as an assistant professor. He joined Kyoto University, where he was an associate professor of Graduate School of Informatics and a program-specific professor of Design Unit. His research interests include systems design, where he has proposed FUBEN-EKI that stands for designing systems based on appreciating "benefits of inconvenience." He received best paper awards of Transactions of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineering (1990, 2001, 2013), the Transactions of Human Interface Society (2009, 2018), and Journal of Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan (2014).
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
川上宏志是日本京都先端科技大學的教授。他在京都大學獲得學士、碩士及博士學位。他的職業生涯始於岡山大學，擔任助理教授。隨後他加入京都大學，擔任資訊學研究所的副教授及設計單位的專任教授。他的研究興趣包括系統設計，他提出了FUBEN-EKI，這是一種基於欣賞「不便之利」來設計系統的理念。他曾獲得多項最佳論文獎，包括儀器與控制工程學會會刊（1990年、2001年、2013年）、人機介面學會會刊（2009年、2018年）及日本汽車工程學會會刊（2014年）。
