Stephen Black

Over-expectation is adventure’s assassin.”

Awareness, for one. Creating friction—like setting boundaries, muting notifications, or whatever suits you—can help us take back control and make the game work in our favor. As Kahneman himself suggested, recognizing our cognitive shortcuts is half the battle; the other half is finding ways to challenge them.

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The most important role in a social network is the vibe designer, because the big questions are sociological, not technological.

know a guy in France that will take 2 months off and delete his whole inbox when he gets back

"if it's urgent, someone's already handled it

if it's important, they'll just send it again

if it's neither, then I don't care"

The current crisis in the design industry – this race-to-the-bottom pricing and confusion about value – stems precisely from this misunderstanding. When clients treat Design as decoration, they naturally seek the lowest bidder. But when they grasp Design as the methodology for creating desirable change, they understand they're not buying pixels but... See more

Curation is so deeply under-explored on the Internet in my opinion. It sits right in between consumption and creation and is the perfect bridge between the two, allowing us to actively engage with what we consume to then produce work from this saved knowledge.