Most of us learn sequentially (concrete-sequentially if I use the Gregorc nomenclature to be exact) so here's why I believe we humans like lists (in the form of a list of course):
Growing up I listened to Casey Kasem's Top 40, prior to that was Dick Clark's countdown. My first recollection of a list was all the things I my parents had for me to do before I could go outside and play.
If I search in the dictionary for the word list, I'm confronted with another list of the possible definitions for list (kind of self referential don't you think?).
Here's some others lists:
- Fortune 500
- FBI Ten Most Wanted
- ESPN Top Ten.
- David Letterman has his Top Ten.
- Keith Olbermann has his Countdown.
- Ellen Degeneres has her Life List
- 1000 Places to See Before I Die
Top 10 reason why humans like lists:
- Linear
- Eye Catching
- Digestible
- Succinct
- Organizational ('todo' list)
- Convincing (list of offenses in court)
- Comprehensive (this list isn't)
- Practical
- Transferable (work list)
- Trackable (shopping list)
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