Sarah Wong
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Sarah Wong
Now when looking to adopt a feature, I ask myself:
Why is this feature working in that product?
Why might this feature succeed or fail in our context, i.e. will it translate well?
What adaptations are necessary to make this feature succeed in our context?
Why is this feature working in that product?
Why might this feature succeed or fail in our context, i.e. will it translate well?
What adaptations are necessary to make this feature succeed in our context?
Jorge Mazal • How Duolingo Reignited User Growth
1 in 5 of the UK population live below the poverty line
4.2 million children and young people live in poverty, that’s 29%
London has the highest rate of child poverty of any English region
4.2 million children and young people live in poverty, that’s 29%
London has the highest rate of child poverty of any English region
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on three of the most pernicious lies I think we tell ourselves about democracy, civic life, and community in America:
• Lie 1: We can have solidarity without proximity.
• Lie 2: We can have civic renewal without economic renewal.
• Lie 3: We can have democracy without participation.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sampressler_the-lies-we-tell-ourselves-
... See moreAt their heart are three key ideas – sortition (selecting decision makers by lottery), deliberation (collectively weighing evidence for shared decisions), and rotation (taking turns representing, and being represented by others).
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he thing about low-energy habits is that they aren’t about changing yourself. they’re about meeting yourself where you are—in your tiredness, your messiness, your in-between moments—and making them just a little softer. because maybe, self-care isn’t about fixing anything. maybe it’s just about making life feel a little more like yours.
I wish that the systems were designed and run by the people using the systems.
Housing appreciation has increasingly been positioned as the substitute for a broader social safety net in the US. People are counseled to instrumentalize their homes as an asset to pay for their kids to go to college, for emergency medical care, for elder care for their parents.
Good spaces provide bonding and bridging mechanisms. The field of urban planning first introduced the concept of public spaces that bond or bridge. The former serves to aid similar individuals to meet and reinforce ties. The latter bridges diverse people together to coexist and broaden one another’s perspectives. What seems to be working for us is ... See more