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Stewart Brand ties the concept of "subconscious milieu" with architecture in his book "How Buildings Learn" by emphasizing the importance of designing buildings that are responsive to the needs and experiences of the people who inhabit them. He advocates for creating environments that consider the social milieu and the sensory experiences of the... See more

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I mention that Silicon Valley has been stuck within a primary aesthetic of knowing . And that Snap breaks this aesthetic and pushes towards an overarching aesthetic of seeing.

Digital technologies, like wood or concrete, are simply another design material we seek to bend to our will. To manifest and hold these ideas and functions and interaction... See more

Reggie James • Designing: An Embodiment of Values

Oliver Wendell Holmes once wrote, “I would not give a fig for simplicity on this side of complexity, but I would give my life for simplicity on the other side of complexity.”

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I love that.

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And that is what the haikuist is after. So I do a variety of things. One of them is that I’ve become much more respectful of, I think, the... See more

Word-work is sublime, she thinks, because it is generative; it makes meaning that secures our difference, our human difference – the way in which we are like no other life.

We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.

Toni Morrison – Nobel Lecture - NobelPrize.org

Toni Morrison Nobel Prize in Literature 1993

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In the fall of 1970, the Black feminist poet, teacher, and activist June Jordan traveled to Italy as a Rome Prize recipient in the category of Environmental Design ( We’re On 153).1 She was awarded the prize for work that grew out of her collaboration with the architect R. Buckminster Fuller. Jordan’s connection with Fuller began in 1964, when... See more

“Harlem Will Widen from River to River”: Environmental Justice and ...

poets and poetry

skyrise for Harlem

reconfiguring the relationship between the built environment and it’s ecological context.

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Interestingly, I also find that experiencing Quality i n any one domain (e.g., music or meditation, to use examples that are dear to me) can be helpful for recognizing it in other domains (including business) because Quality’s nature is universal, even as its manifestations are necessarily particular.

Anonymous • Conviction

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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

Miranda Forsyth • Creative thinking | Anthea Roberts — Anthea Roberts

Thinking About Thinking

I've always thought that what we colloquially call "tech" (hardware, software) really ought to be seen alongside other forms of technology: social, cultural and spiritual.

So, while some places in the world might have great infrastructure and highly efficient software systems, they may lack the sophistication of social and cultural technology that we see widespread elsewhere.

For example, one of the most overlooked social technologies throughout Africa is chamas, stokvels, merry-go-rounds, etc. They're all incredibly nuanced forms of sharing social commitments, and they are often championed by women who are left out of the traditional financial system. Within this, they've found ways to value what traditional economics does not: child care, social services, life-sustaining practices 🍃

So here's some food for thought: for those of use who mediate these paradigms of "technology", what does it mean to bring the full richness of social and cultural technology into our work? 🌍

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