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What kind of interface could enable people to collectively learn and build knowledge as a group?
I'm trying to imagine a system that goes beyond forums and linear discussion threads, with highlights and summarization to distill key ideas
[design thread]
For the first time in human history, scenius is moving beyond physical geography. It’s happening on the Internet now. And it’s alive in obscure Discord forums, private group chats, and online schools.
David Perell • Find Your Scenius - David Perell
I realized that the craftsmen of yore had elevated weaponry, a category of merely utilitarian objects, into some of the most exquisite things I had ever seen. They had taken objects of ubiquitous, vital importance in their respective eras and made them beautiful. My initial aesthetic shock was quickly replaced by jealousy — no one was lifting the... See more
Origins
Design is The What. What should you be building? What’s the right opportunity to go after? What’s the right problem to solve? Asking the right question is half the answer. Design is not about the drapes or the drop shadows. Design is a messy, holistic, human-centric process for solving problems—not just stylistic problems, but problems of all manner and level of importance.
More beauty and craft,
less factory line
More weird and rebellious,
less safe and derivative
More really hard inspired work,
less status games
More authentic expression of self,
less patagonia vest
less factory line
More weird and rebellious,
less safe and derivative
More really hard inspired work,
less status games
More authentic expression of self,
less patagonia vest
Favelas, spontaneous architecture
Rio is not known as the safest city. There are favelas 4 situated on the hillside. Yet there is a lot we can learn from them.
The architectural design of favelas is not planned. For decades, people helped each other with constructing the unit next door (on a whim it seems!), resulting in a complex and intricate... See more
Rio is not known as the safest city. There are favelas 4 situated on the hillside. Yet there is a lot we can learn from them.
The architectural design of favelas is not planned. For decades, people helped each other with constructing the unit next door (on a whim it seems!), resulting in a complex and intricate... See more
Coco Liu • The unique spatial patterns of Rio de Janeiro: on topography, spontaneous architecture, and fashion
There’s an old story about Octavia Butler that I often return to: A young man once asked the visionary science fiction novelist the answer to ending all the suffering in the world. “There isn't one,” Butler replied. “So we’re doomed?” he asked, confused. “No,” said Butler. Then she delivered the words that would remake my understanding of the... See more