Category Archives: participatory future building
not smarter than a 3rd grader
\”touch screen light\” I guest taught a 3rd grade after-school engineering & architecture program at PS.9 today. Small people are funny and creative. They were very clever and I was impressed. I introduced the concept of visceral_Switch. I focused too … Continue reading
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Tagged 3rd_graders, drawing, teaching
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malicious compliance
Work-to-rule is an industrial action in which employees do no more than the minimum required by the rules of a workplace, and follow safety or other regulations to the letter in order to cause a slowdown rather than to serve their purpose. … Continue reading
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diy simulacrum
Via Bruce Sterling Simulacrum. For centuries we have been drawing maps not only to describe reality, but also to know it. (make it your own! diy!). With augmentation, we can go ahead and overlay (bury?) the reality we find. Who … Continue reading
Posted in participatory future building, public space, re-imagine
Tagged augmented reality
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psycopath robots
All these robots lately have been killing soldiers and injuring factory workers. And they don\’t feel responsible. (from Wired article) “If you build artificial intelligence but don’t think about its moral sense or create a conscious sense that feels regret … Continue reading
change and pain
\”Change is difficult and can be painful, and fear of pain can be worse than pain itself. How we deal with pain and change is not only governed by external forces. Our power to imagine, re-narrate and innovate can give … Continue reading
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Tagged book, change, future, pain
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