Molly Simpson
@spagmol
thinker, feeler, third-wheeler
collecting dots here, connecting them there ￬
Molly Simpson
spagmol.substack.com
I think of experience design as the creation of containers. Spacial, emotional, temporal, behavioral. And for containers to exist, they must have edges. Thresholds between what is, and what is not, the experience.
Spacial: Think the doors between rooms. The fences that enclose these gardens where we play. The changes in environment that signal we... See more
Spacial: Think the doors between rooms. The fences that enclose these gardens where we play. The changes in environment that signal we... See more
Everyone forgets that Icarus also flew.
Jack Gilbert • Failing and Flying
“The Official Future” tells us to “think exponentially, act incrementally,” beckoning us to utilize foresight in service of the ever-expanding present systems of quantifying, micro-analyzing, extracting, consuming, and automating. This way of futuring is at the heart of Epistemic Uncertainty. “The Emergent Future” instead challenges us to “ think... See more
The Future Thinker’s Dilemma
🧩 proj - shifting narrative landscapes
Nevertheless, challenges to long-held assumptions take place when individuals dive deeper and deeper into anticipatory imagination and provocation, and this opens the door to transformative realities that profoundly change the perspective of the foresight practitioner. Consequently, the possibility of these new worlds become an internal experience that can no longer be ignored.
= narrative change
Admitting that everything hurts your feelings is the first tiny step to preventing you from entering fight or flight mode. It’s not about scratching or not scratching. It’s about saying to yourself, “I’m itchy.” Noticing the itch. Feeling it. Not fighting it.
First you experiment with saying, “Boy, am I itchy!” in situations where the stakes are
... See moreIf you try hard, you can remember a time when our tools and platforms were designed by people, for people. Operating systems were bubbly and evanescent, like nature. Apps were customizable, in every shape and size. And interfaces drew on real-life metaphors to help you understand them, integrating them effortlessly into your life.
But as our... See more
But as our... See more
The Browser Company • Optimizing For Feelings
I fear that protecting my time is selfish. But here’s the truth: guarding your time isn’t selfish; it’s generous. When you’re recharged, you can offer the fullest, most present version of yourself to others. If you’re always running on reserve power, no one gets the best of you — least of all, you .
Molly Simpson • try softer
“I don’t think we talk enough about the in betweens. The part when you know you want to change something but don’t yet know how, don’t yet feel strong enough, don’t yet know what your first step is. So to the people in the in betweens, don’t be disheartened, don’t give up. You’ve done the hard part. Now just take it one small step at a time.
– allyi