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You see — if software is to have soul, it must feel more like the world around it. Which is the biggest clue of all that feeling is what’s missing from today’s software. Because the value of the tools, objects, and artworks that we as humans have surrounded ourselves with for thousands of years goes so far beyond their functionality. In many ways,
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Dragonfly Thinking
Our best chance of understanding complex issues lies in seeing them through “dragonfly eyes,” as political scientist and psychologist Philip Tetlock shows in his work on forecasting. Dragonflies have compound eyes made up of thousands of lenses and they integrate the views from these lenses to give them a range of vision of... See more
Our best chance of understanding complex issues lies in seeing them through “dragonfly eyes,” as political scientist and psychologist Philip Tetlock shows in his work on forecasting. Dragonflies have compound eyes made up of thousands of lenses and they integrate the views from these lenses to give them a range of vision of... See more
Miranda Forsyth • Creative thinking | Anthea Roberts — Anthea Roberts
5:12 - FOMO isn't just "fear of missing out" on information; it's fear of missing out on existence itself. YOLO isn't "you only live once" it's you might never live again.
How Narrative Ate Reality in 2024
- Max Ehrmann
Desiderata
Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Max Ehrmann's "Desiderata"
In architecture, fiction will replace function. (“Form follows fiction.”)
— Bernard Tschumi, “Manifestos,” 1978
— Bernard Tschumi, “Manifestos,” 1978
Peter L’Official • Black Builders
Thackara social fiction
Absolutely! The metaphor of technology as “architecture for the mind and society” is a way to visualize how technology functions as more than a tool—it creates environments and frameworks that shape how we think, interact, and organize ourselves. Let’s break it down:
1. Architecture as a Framework
In physical spaces, architecture dictates how people
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