The negative consequences of forcing the forests to become legible to their planners didn’t become obvious until after second rotation of trees to be planted, about a century later. This is important to note: the first-order effects, what happens right away, are often beneficial; it’s the second and third-order effects of forcing legibility onto an... See more
The right sign, in the right place at the right time, could spark a mass reversal of perspective
Well, with the rise of convenience, we lost rituals. You don't even have to cook anymore. You can just order it to your door. And it's like in an age where media is being skewed, where do we look to find originality in media? When everything is on the Internet, how do we form identity off of it? What's our offline identity? That's a forever... See more
Compared with the fragmented, D.I.Y. Web I knew, social media felt strangely predictable. User profiles on new sites like LinkedIn or Flickr were templated and surrounded by ads. They offered preset options from categories and drop-down menus—age, location, institutional affiliation—and quantified influence through friend and follower counts. The... See more