We need to be thinking about ‘thermal comfort’ instead of insulation.
Living Without ‘Machines’
I wanted to take responsibility for my own material needs and to come face to face with the consequences of my actions.
I wanted to take responsibility for my own material needs and to come face to face with the consequences of my actions.
Making Long-Term Decisions
Complex decisions force us to predict the future.
Complex decisions force us to predict the future.
Making Algorithmic Bias Political
The notion that algorithms are a source of social disadvantage because they encode existing biases into technology systems is rapidly crossing over into the political mainstream.
The notion that algorithms are a source of social disadvantage because they encode existing biases into technology systems is rapidly crossing over into the political mainstream.
The Difference Between Data and Decisions
Even if you could clean all the data, it still wouldn’t improve the quality of decision-making.
Even if you could clean all the data, it still wouldn’t improve the quality of decision-making.
Learning From History
So far it looks as if the legacy of COVID-19 will follow the pattern set by past pandemics.
So far it looks as if the legacy of COVID-19 will follow the pattern set by past pandemics.
A Revolution of the Imagination
The function of imagination is to bring “longing into the world”—I’d say that what this does is to create a narrative gap that we are then moved to fill.
The function of imagination is to bring “longing into the world”—I’d say that what this does is to create a narrative gap that we are then moved to fill.
Racism and the Battle for the ‘Bystanders’
“You had people who were openly racist and you had the bystanders. No one felt it was important.”
“You had people who were openly racist and you had the bystanders. No one felt it was important.”
The Male, Male, World of Industrial Design
There is no meritocracy in corporations and politics.
There is no meritocracy in corporations and politics.
Creative Lessons From the Velvet Underground
Being out there on the edge is hard work. The band ended up hating each other. Enjoy it while it lasts.
Being out there on the edge is hard work. The band ended up hating each other. Enjoy it while it lasts.
Stephen Sondheim and the Re-Invention of the Modern Musical
Without Sondheim, someone else might have found a path to re-invigorate the stage musical.
Without Sondheim, someone else might have found a path to re-invigorate the stage musical.
Rescuing Nature
More than 70 per cent of ice-free land is now under human control and increasingly degraded. The mass of human-made infrastructure exceeds all biomass.
More than 70 per cent of ice-free land is now under human control and increasingly degraded. The mass of human-made infrastructure exceeds all biomass.