The serendipity quotient

The serendipity shuffle

Recently, listening to music in shuffle mode has gained a strong following. Analysis of online data about the ‘shuffle experience’ reveals a range of rich and unusual user-experiences one in particular is Serendipity. Although serendipity is often imbued with ‘magic’ or regarded as a product of chance and luck, its effects can be inspirational and transformative. To date, little has been done t...

The Serendipity-ii Process

The Serendipity Equations

In spite of the role it recognizably plays in sparking innovation, serendipity, the faculty of making fortunate and unexpected discoveries by accident, remains largely unexplored as a subject of research. This may result to some extent from the difficulty in discriminating serendipity from other manifestations of creativity. To overcome this barrier, we propose a notation that visually expresse...

The Role of Serendipity in Advancing of Human Knowledge

Can Serendipity Be Planned ?

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