Cultural Observations
Dismantling current gen ed requirement to align with a new upstream mission will be hard. First, state boards must put a sunset date on all gen ed credit requirements that measure AI-replicable outcomes, replacing them with requirements focused on knowledge production and validation. Second, accrediting bodies must revise their standards to... See more
Education
Both those who try to write, paint, compose, etcetera, and fail decisively, and those who after tasting the elation of creativeness feel a drying up of the creative flow within and know that never again will they produce aught worth-while, are alike in the grip of a desperate passion. Neither fame nor power nor riches nor even monumental... See more
Two of the most important characteristics of good design are discoverability and understanding.
Don Norman • The Design Of Everyday Things
cue for UX designers working on the development of new apps — anticipate the consequences of your creations and instead of adding fuel to the fire of addiction, bear in mind the ethical principles of designing the user experience.
Each generation has different things that force the generation to grow up. Maybe for our grandparents it was World War II. You know? For us…[we] have to put away childish things and discipline ourself about how much time do I spend being passively entertained?
David Foster Wallace

This is a generation that is both highly conflict-averse and virtually allergic to risk, particularly when it comes to markers of autonomous adulthood like driving, working, or sex. The bosses of Gen Z employees report that they can’t make eye contact, take criticism, or even ask questions when they don’t know how to do something. The post-work... See more
The Masculinity Issue | House of Beautiful Business
houseofbeautifulbusiness.comSilicon Valley is massively limited in its imagination because many of the people there have chosen, as a starting assumption, to build things for a Yuval Hararian Man, for men without chests, for siloed souls like themselves.
Ouch. Not wrong.