the new digital city, if we are to have one, will need to be carefully designed. properly, and for scale. and with designs that fix the mistakes of previous cities and past bad designs. all the harmful things should be accounted for in digital cities
we are re-creating life here
One woman described the world today as “scam or be scammed” — a phrase that got murmurs of agreement. As people talked about their jobs, school, AI, and clout-chasing, the scam or be scammed idea kept returning
Above all, people need agency. They need to feel in control. Sometimes, that means designing for subversive behavior. I mean, isn't the most fun often had when you're breaking rules? But this is enormously difficult in software, where you must design almost everythingfrom scratch. Unlike life, you don't get a common repertoire of actions for free –... See more