Funny dystopia
data can be used as an accountability shield, deflecting responsibility for a judgment call. People are more comfortable making decisions based on hard data in part because they can fall back on that data if the decision turns out to be wrong.
Patty McCord • Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility
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If it was hard work that counted, the donkey would own the farm.
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A library without an index becomes paradoxically less informative as it grows.
-Jorge Luis Borges
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The endless News Feed casinos that were designed specifically to turn a generation of people into machine-state information banks? Inhumane.
UX Collective • The desktop metaphor must die
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Adolescents who never learn to control their consciousness grow up to be adults without a “discipline.” They lack the complex skills that will help them survive in a competitive, information-intensive environment. And what is even more important, they never learn how to enjoy living. They do not acquire the habit of finding challenges that bring ou
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