Tanuj

Compared with other kinds of digital output, a screenshot feels “homemade” — a piece of digital DIY confirming that screen spaces contain as much mundaneness as the “analog” or “offline” world. In a time when so much communication and production is mediated by a set of increasingly powerful corporate platforms and absorbed into the internet’s big c... See more

We have done a lot of consumer research that basically tells us something incredibly important for this whole story: which is that meat lovers love their meat. They're not going to be persuaded to eliminate it from their diet, or even reduce consumption. They are going to keep eating it. They like it because it's delicious, they like it because the... See more

Do I really have to follow some kind of narrative? Can't I just live? So be more with comfortable with messy. Be more comfortable with agnostic, and I mean this about the things that make you feel good.

Anyone trying to apply science via technology must reason through contingencies, constraints, and behavior in specific circumstances. Questions like What is most appropriate and desired in this context? arise. Science focuses on necessity and universality; technology focuses on contingencies and specificities. Thus, technology does not just follow ... See more

In the course of learning about the flavor, chemistry and textures of meat and so forth, we know quite a lot about the difference between pork and beef. And we know other meats from animals, so to speak, where you set the knobs with respect to the flavor chemistry. And we can navigate that whole space. We can create things that would be unmistakabl... See more

We identified three distinct opportunities — new narratives, social reading with richer context, and providing tools for critical thinking — and developed a design concept around each one.

However, running data centers on renewable power sources is not enough to address the growing energy use of the Internet. To start with, the Internet already uses three times more energy than all wind and solar power sources worldwide can provide.

An interface that intentionally exploits the vulnerability of human beings for financial or otherwise selfish gain is inhumane and also despicable.An interface that unintentionally allows the former to take place hasnot been considerate of the full extent of human fragility, and is therefore still inhumane.