design
Today's design leader holds an impossible position, performing care work within extractive systems that optimize for engagement over well-being. This cannot be resolved through better processes or ethical frameworks; it should be a condition within which design's potential emerges.
art
Curiously, art gravitates toward questioning and dissent because art's essential function is to make the familiar strange, revealing the contingency hiding beneath what appears natural and inevitable. This is why radical art like Picasso's Guernica retains its urgent vitality across decades.
algorithms
Substack's latest steps illustrate a predictable trend for venture-backed platforms. Migrating from Substack to Ghost despite the real costs demonstrates a refusal to adhere to platform discipline. Writers must choose between optimizing for audience size and keeping ownership of their work.
design
Fragments of care and responsible design
Newsletter
A professional journey from craft to commodity
Newsletter
When half of the public believes your technology is the problem
preferable futures
Narratives of contrasting but converging approaches
hauntology
Designing while the red light keeps flashing
design
How tech workers can prefigure economic democracy
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And the deskilling of knowledge workers
Asimov's warning was not taken seriously...
Welcome to the tenth edition of "Three Signals to the Future", a newsletter where I share resources that I find useful and thought-provoking. Let's dive into the latest discoveries.
How technology monetizes the allure of and need for human connection
Call to action: Reimagining business in an age of technological abundance & artificial scarcity!
Why Silicon Valley can dream up artificial general intelligence but not universal healthcare?
Bureaucrats chase Silicon Valley's shadow while real crises unfold all around us
Performance fetishization leads to burnout, dehumanization, and the emergence of what some call technofeudalism. A critical analysis on performance metrics and AI systems
Welcome to the ninth edition of "Three Signals to the Future", a newsletter where I share resources that I find useful and thought-provoking. Let's dive into the latest discoveries.
On design workers and corporate greed
Welcome to the eighth edition of "Three Signals to the Future", a newsletter where I share resources that I find useful and thought-provoking. Let's dive into the latest discoveries.
Welcome to the seventh edition of "Three Signals to the Future", a newsletter where I share resources that I find useful and thought-provoking. Let's dive into the latest discoveries.
