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Road to Nowhere – Verso

Currently reading about the history of automobiles in @parismarx’s book and I feel like we’re at a stage where these people are trying to do exactly the same type of selling utopia and lobbying the shit out of governments and multilateral orgs.

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🚨 Red flag: When teams say their feature "makes it easier" to do something, rather than starting with the capability it adds and the problem it removes. "Make it easier" is a sign that validation, rather than research, is at work.

(403) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/368637114_Pillars_of_Story_Structure

The Library of Economic Possibility

1/ The Library of Economic Possibility (LEP) is now live 🥳 Our mission is to advance public knowledge of innovative economic ideas for a thriving 21st century economy.

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2/ LEP’s searchable network of insights, together with our comprehensive policy reports, makes it easy to discover and share powerful economic ideas. Read our launch announcement here:

The Library of Economic Possibility

The knowledge-base may be the part of LEP that I'm most excited about. You can explore and filter hundreds of insights from empirical research on these policies. For example, what's the research say about basic income's effect on entrepreneurship?

Variety (cybernetics) - Wikipedia

Shower thought: the concept of “prompt engineering” fails Ashby’s Law of Requisite Variety. The variety of the model and the variety of the user query both exceed the variety of the prompt by many orders of magnitude.

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Check out our explainer...

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Teams are defined by having a shared goal. When teams take on a stakeholder request to "build my idea" they downgrade the shared goal from solving problems to "we finished the work" and downgrade themselves to a workgroup individually measured on outputs.

Book | Land Is a Big Deal

Library of Economic Possibility (LEP) - Product Information, Latest Updates, and Reviews 2023 | Product Hunt

LEP is up at @ProductHunt today for anyone who wants to explore + support:

A Case Study in Misunderstanding: Heidegger and Carnap | Continental Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction | Oxford Academic

Hayes AT command set - Wikipedia

@systemsdesign @kevinriggle lol

(403) https://www.fastcompany.com/90854287/has-design-become-too-dogmatic

I talk w/ @FastCoDesign about dogma in UX and how it's emerged in my own work. I hope the essay gives designers, especially those who pride ourselves in doing "ethical" work, permission to question the rigid thinking that interferes with doing actual good

Altered and Transitional States - ScienceDirect

Phenomenology - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics

Altered and Transitional States - ScienceDirect

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Great talk by the brilliant @davidwengrow. I'm finally reading "The Dawn of Everything" (more than halfway through), and it's pretty incredible. Wengrow and Graeber present an oceanic mass of evidence that our standard narrative of human history is wrong.

Janusz Korczak - Wikipedia

Pedagogy - Wikipedia

Participatory design - Wikipedia

TOC Thinking Processes - Theory of Constraints Institute

Participatory design - Wikipedia

@De_Minimis Oh, and the wikipedia article on participatory design is quite good, actually 😄

Untitled (https://cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-4151-why-goal-cascades-are-harmful)

Why goal cascades are harmful and what to do instead.

Scientific wild-ass guess - Wikipedia

On Surveys — Mule Design

I'll just keep tapping the sign. Don't run a survey unless you have eliminated all other possible options for gathering the information.

Patterns — Shopify Polaris

I've been pretty head's-down and quiet about my work on the @ShopifyUX Polaris design system, but I want to share 2 things I've shipped that I'm proud of: rebooted Patterns pages and updated+expanded alt text guidelines 🤩⤵️ |

Edward Tufte: Books - Essay: The Cognitive Style of Powerpoint

@systemsdesign The OG anti-PP rant

Akashic records - Wikipedia

Walking Zelda — Ridgeline issue 157

To walk through life. To crack open the world. 😭❤️ @craigmod

(500) https://www.vulture.com/2020/02/spread-of-corporate-speak.html

“Garbage language permeates the ways we think of our jobs and shapes our identities as workers. It is obvious that the point is concealment; it is less obvious what so many of us are trying to hide.” — @magicmolly

The World of the Goddess - Marija Gimbutas - YouTube

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"OpenAI Is Now Everything It Promised Not to Be" "While the firm has always looked toward a future where AGI exists, it was founded on commitments including not seeking profits and even freely sharing code it develops, which today are nowhere to be seen"

Schema.org - Schema.org

@lrb23 there's a for vehicle EPS... I've had a look through it. Really didn't need to know all the things that are possible to control on a vehicle... your worst psychological thriller possible in real life

Book Cover Mug, A Book Apart

You can, though.

I don’t want to log in to your website - The Verge

“The more each site tries to create its own little walled garden, the less valuable the open web becomes”

Running a Membership Program: Four Years In — by Craig Mod

Deeply appreciate @craigmod's earnest and honest reflections on running a membership program. An odd membership program. But one that drives to a deeply ingrained creative through line: producing creative work

Untitled (https://adamgrant.substack.com/p/mbti-if-you-want-me-back-you-need)

Personality types are a myth. Each trait exists on a continuum shaped like a bell curve. The MBTI is outdated. You're more likely to be an ambivert than an introvert or extravert. And you don't have to choose between being a thinker or a feeler.

Antonio Santos 🇵🇹: "Workday Inc.'s artificial intelligence systems an…" - Mastodon

Using “AI” to screen job applicants is deeply unethical. It’s pushing the responsibility onto a system that isn’t neutral, but is just clumsily using all the biases that went into its data set.

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The strip plazas in the Toronto suburbs have some of the best food you can get anywhere in the world. Growing up I assumed this was normal and everywhere was like this:

Don’t Fall for the AI Hype w/ Timnit Gebru - Episodes - Tech Won’t Save Us

I really enjoyed this episode of @techwontsaveus with @timnitGebru >>

The new world of AI chatbots like ChatGPT - CBS News

Timnit Gebru founded the Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, which analyzes the risks of AI systems. Gebru says there needs to be more oversight in the world of AI chatbots.

The DAIR Institute

@timnitGebru is leading the way for #AIGovernance 💪🏾 Y’all better listen to her + do what she says, ya heard?!? Data citizenship is no longer an option. We’re in these digital streets together. Get started: Learn more abt DAIR:

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ChatGPT and large language model bias - CBS News

In this @60Minutes, Microsoft chairman Brad Smith says "its a screen its not a person." Then why do you keep on misleading people as to the capabilities of your products? Why did you endorse this manifesto by Sam Altman "planning for AGI and beyond"?

40 (Multiple Choice) Questions You Should Be Able To (Eventually) Answer About Each Item On Your Roadmap - Google Docs

40 multiple choice questions you should be able to (eventually) answer about each item on your roadmap link:

Untitled (https://spavel.medium.com/as-a-user-i-dont-want-to-973990a30158)

Originally, user stories were an artifact for capturing the user's goals. Along the way, they turned into a way for teams to convince themselves users need more features. But even bad user stories contain a shred of value. You just have to invert them.

Bluesky and Domain Names as Handles

Bluesky AT protocol has a very clever way to specify custom domain @handles using DNS text records

Fundamental theorem of software engineering - Wikipedia

Unironically "We can solve any problem by introducing an extra level of indirection."

Design Research for Complex Systems — Kasey Klimes

I had a lot of fun teaching this course combining the practice of design research with complex systems theory. Curious if anyone knows of other programs where it might fit in?

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current brain status, post-burrito:

Luxury Yak Wool, Ethical & Sustainable Fashion, Tibetan Plateau

Norlha's luxury Tibetan clothes look so beautiful. All the wool products are made from khullu, which is the soft, downy undercoat of a yak (sort of like the yak equivalent of cashmere). Fabrics are handloomed. IG: norlha_atelier website:

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Ok, I get that the timing is weird but: When I was young I was afraid. I made music but mostly just for myself. But 2 yrs ago I started working on an album and today I'm releasing the first @onnujonuson song. Spotify: YouTube:

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Last night, Sauce Gardner burned the cheesehead he took from Lambeau as part of his pitch to Aaron Rodgers to leave the Packers and join the #Jets. Breece Hall and Garrett Wilson were there too. (Full video: )

Stochastic Parrots Day Tickets, Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 8:00 AM | Eventbrite

Since we published Stochastic Parrots two years ago, the issues discussed in it have only become more urgent and salient. Join me, @timnitGebru @mmitchell_ai @mcmillan_majora and an esteemed group of panelists for discussion and reflection, March 17 2023.

(500) https://the.natureof.software/

just finished a provisional layout for the homepage of —holy crap has css come along.

Men's Yak Wool Clothing ~ Luxury, Handmade Sustainable Fashion | Norlha

How AI and Crypto combined, are the future of the web | Andy Bell

New on the blog: How AI and Crypto combined, are the future of the web

Untitled (https://apps.apple.com/app/gowalla-app/id1530503877)

Today my friends and I are beyond happy to introduce the new Gowalla. We believe the time is right once again for a social app to connect us with our REAL friends in the REAL world. While you grab it, let me tell you why this means so much to me 👉 🧵1/x

Why Write?

“Writing is the process by which you realize that you do not understand what you are talking about. Importantly, writing is also the process by which you figure it out.”

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got sick and had it hit a good bit last night so haven't been pushing much today. Decided to watch this talk that was hosted at The Stoa while doing some stretching this afternoon and it's got me quite stoked, fantastic vibes. Very worth the listen:

The Informed Life with Hugh Dubberly | Jorge Arango

An overview of my conversation with a leading designer, thinker, and educator about the evolving role of design.

Kottke.org Is 25 Years Old Today and I’m Going to Write About It

Unbelievably, kottke[dot]org turns 25 years old today – the site predates Google! "That's more than half of my life, spanning four decades and ~40,000 posts, almost cartoonishly long for a medium optimized for impermanence." Thx for reading!

Agile is not working: the IT industry is a “patchwork of contradictions and confusions”

I recognize my now-former team in this:

Brainstorm Questions Not Ideas — Mule Design

I say this a lot, so here is a link you can send around.

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Huw on psychedelics therapy, with a knife to masculinity and desire:

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Been heads down on technical stuff, it's time for a gentle organizational culture palate cleanser 😈

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According to this, I've been doing "Design 4.0" all this time. It's still a lonely place to practice, though, and not nearly as profitable as the others.

Levels Summary

(500) https://doriantaylor.com/confluence

mkay after fighting with the substack editor for two entire-ass hours reformatting the newsletter i had already formatted, le voilà:

What is the return on investing in information architecture? - Abby Covert, Information Architect

Charlotte Mason's 20 Principles

Natural computing - Wikipedia

Triple Loop Learning: Moving Beyond the Pale of the Institutional Limits | by Ben Zweibelson, PhD | Medium

Untitled (https://www.developing.dev/p/why-engineers-need-to-write)

“Writing is the job… The better you are at writing, the more effective you will be at building software.”

Contempt for the glue people – Surfing Complexity

This explains so much about Google

A Eulogy for Dark Sky, a Data Visualization Masterpiece

New ≠ Improved. (Dark Sky UI edition.)

What does it take to create a whole-organisation content strategy? — Pickle Jar Communications

It requires us to start seeing content items and learning materials as data fields, and to start treating them as such. Content modelling is essential, as is a robust taxonomy. And some cultural shifts and serious leadership must drive this:

(426) https://www.systemsinnovation.network/posts/systems-innovation-introduction-complex-wicked-problems

Some issues are simple and linear, some are complex and systemic. It is important to know the difference and why we need systems approaches when dealing with wicked challenges, this video explains:

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“In this immersive listening journey from (⁦@emergence_zine⁩) archive, acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton guides us into the Hoh Rain Forest—one of the quietest places in North America” (Very lovely)

The DAIR Institute

Our statement:

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“Whatever parts of the earth u touch u can heal.” 💕💓💖

An Augmented Mind: Designing a Knowledge Base with Notion — Kasey Klimes

Untitled (https://cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-210-just)

“Most modern business practices encourage an elaborate game of whack-a-mole. When combined with "human nature" (a big topic and a vast oversimplification, but let's go with it), justing seems inevitable.”

The Brain Maps Out Ideas and Memories Like Spaces | Quanta Magazine

Geographic information system - Wikipedia

Development through Alternation | Union of International Associations

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How meaning emerges from matter - Big Think

We are all rich informational ecologies extending across space and, more importantly, time. The whole of creation, from matter to life and back, is implicated in every one of us, and every one of us is implicated in its structure. And meaning, implicit in matter, is the invisible skeleton supporting it all.