[p2p-research] YouTube - Recycling bin with sound effects makes using it fun

[Paul D. Fernhout]

"The world's deepest bin - Thefuntheory.com - Rolighetsteorin.se "
http://www.youtube.com/user/Rolighetsteorin#p/a/0/cbEKAwCoCKw

They said it got a lot more trash than a neighboring bin.

Mentions this site:
   http://www.thefuntheory.com/
"This site is dedicated to the thought that something as simple as fun is 
the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better. Be it for 
yourself, for the environment, or for something entirely different, the only 
thing that matters is that it’s change for the better."

Maybe they have been reading Bob Black or Charles Fourier?
http://www.whywork.org/rethinking/whywork/abolition.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fourier

In any case, it seems to be a brand awareness campaign for Volkswagen? There 
is some kind of contest mentioned on that site too, with a prize of 2500 
euros: "Find your own evidence for the theory that fun is best way to change 
behaviour for the better. For yourself, for the environment or something 
entirely different. Your entries should be presented with a written 
explanation plus a visualisation of the idea itself. It could be a simple 
sketch, photos or a film of a prototype. You decide what will do your entry 
justice."

Of course, what they miss is that by making something competitive (the 
contest with a winner) they may be taking a lot of fun out of things. :-)
"No contest: the case against competition"
http://www.share-international.org/archives/cooperation/co_nocontest.htm

--Paul Fernhout
http://www.pdfernhout.net/