Worth Your Attention

“While we all benefit immensely from digital services such as Google search, we didn’t sign up to have our behavior cataloged, shaped, and sold.” Powerful writing from economist Mariana Mazzucato.
Marc Benioff says we need a new capitalism: “To my fellow business leaders and billionaires, I say that we can no longer wash our hands of our responsibility for what people do with our products. Yes, profits are important, but so is society.”
Alan Cooper on fixing a complex system: “You can influence it, but not direct it.”
IDEO’s ”not-quite textbook” definition of systems design references architecture as a model.
A Twitter thread on what the decentralized web can learn from Wikipedia.
Design for Business Impact, a collection of open source case studies from Designer Fund “to help you use design as a strategic business partner at your company.”
Sign of the times, pt. 1: The eRosary, a new wearable device from the Vatican “to help you pray the Rosary for peace in the world.” Sign of the times, pt. 2: a cybersecurity vulnerability was discovered shortly after the eRosary’s launch.
Notes from my recent visit to Shanghai Disneyland.
Video: America Meets Charles & Ray Eames (1956). Includes the introduction of their iconic lounge chair.
Paola Antonelli on the role of designers.

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