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In a class called Social Software, which I taught last fall, the students worked in small groups to design and launch software to support some form of group interaction. To anchor the class, I required that whatever project they came up with be used by other ITP students. This first order benefits of this strategy were simple: the designers came... See more

An alive culture replaces distraction and escapism with mindful attention, direct experience, active participation, creative expression, deep connection, genuine sharing, and lasting community (in other words, it’s a utopia!).

In an alive culture, you follow what is interesting rather than having your mind be fed for profit. In an alive culture, you... See more

Battle Royale games are probably the perfect example of cybernetic drives towards referential objects. I want the crown at the end. To get there, I must find the golden chests, to shoot people better... before they shoot me.

It’s the cleanest finite loop. One person stands alone, crowned. And then we replay. Each previous loop I participated in,... See more

A core reason was that it was illegible , it was hard to measure. Who knew the collective five or fifteen minute chunks of people’s days added up to so much? 1

We live in an incredibly complex world; the territory is too vast for anyone to hold in their head and so we create maps, simplifications of reality to help us function.

However, sometimes a... See more

Alexander is inspired by how design occurs in the natural world. "Things that are good have a certain kind of structure," he told me. "You can't get that structure except dynamically. Period. In nature you've got continuous very-small-feedback-loop adaptation going on, which is why things get to be harmonious. That's why they have the qualities

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