Laura Pike Seeley
@laurapikeseeley
Laura Pike Seeley
As designers, it is our responsibility to explore the discomfort zone, design holistically, and consider the full range of possibilities of what we create.
IDEO • To Design a Better Future, Embrace the Uncomfortable
How China is embracing web3: marketing to gen Z on the Chinese metaverse
thedrum.com
Complaints about having to deal with (too much) information are nothing new. So, as you plow through your emails, WhatsApp and text messages, calendar and app notifications, and Zoom/Teams meeting invites, take solace in knowing you’re in good company. Earlier generations managed to cope and so will you.
Test Your Knowledge: The Information Overload Pop Quiz
To make effective use of information, we need to package it up and make it accessible for our future self.
Atria Books • Building a Second Brain
Experts have already seen and documented more than 60 smaller-scale examples of AI systems trying to do something other than what their designer wants (for example, getting the high score in a video game, not by playing fairly or learning
game skills but by hacking the scoring system).
The case for slowing down AI
Social media is polluting society. Moderation alone won’t fix the problem
technologyreview.comThe Five Senses of Gentrification
makinganeighborhood.substack.com
urban planning and
It seems a radical idea, but as the climate crisis deepens, ‘sustainable design’ and ‘doing less harm’ are not enough to avert catastrophe – we have to find ways to replenish ecosystems while meeting our own needs.