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Social Narratives

Posts that search for new narratives and value systems beyond tech progress and free-market capitalism.

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🍄 Growth Imperatives No. 7: Tech Divisions

Global tech culture is splitting into two visions of the future: erasing humanity and rekindling it. Which side are you on?

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Platforming care in design

How could changing our definition of ‘good design’ help the industry address the climate crisis?

A sculpture by Christina Bothwell. A sleeping woman lies on her back, while her spirit sits up, awake.

Sustainable action is superficial

We often understand ‘sustainability’ as a verb rather than a noun. Could this be a reason sustainability is so easily appropriated?

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Does a “business case” for sustainability make sense?

While it's common to see nature as a storehouse for humanity's needs, the next phase of business will likely need to see it as a collaborator.

A triptych of an evergreen tree. In the second and third frames the tree becomes boxed in by a dark border.

Seeing through design, Part II: Breaking out of the box

What other ways can designers imagine the future, besides through technology?

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Seeing through design, Part I: The narrow scope of the design industry's futurist vision

How realistic are designers' claims to change culture when our idea of the future is so specific?

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