My desk is a bubbling cauldron of entropy. In the crevices between my computer, books, and monitors, you'll find Metrocards, half-used tubes of orange-flavored Airbornes, empty water bottles and ...

Let's face it, most of us struggle with desk clutter. Papers, notes, gadgets, and a tangle of wires often create a chaotic environment. While some of history's brightest minds, like Thomas Edison and ...

In the dystopian future, there will only be two tribes: those with messy desks and those with orderly ones. The messy desk people will live unhealthy and inefficient lives but come up with interesting ...

Tim Harford is the author of 'Fifty Inventions that Shaped the Modern Economy." We play overrated/underrated, and asked him about inventions, as well as messy desks.