[Petit Fours 379] On convivencia, frontiers, and Freedom
Hi, all! Without further ado, here's what I'd like to share with you this week:
#1 Here's a thoughtful, thorough interview about how to get work done in "a world where the things that enable remote collaboration, like Slack and email, are the very things which make it hardest to focus": The Future of Focused Work with Freedom's Fred Stutzman (And for those of us who knew Fred back when he was in academia, it's a joy to hear his voice after such a long while!)
#2 For those who take metaphors (and our current moment in tech and society) seriously, I recommend How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI.
#3 Check out Why Design Research is Stuck for a practitioner perspective and some personal reflections by Humphrey Obuobi and Danny Spitzberg. (Bonus points for referencing A Pattern Language!)
#4 Tommi Laitio has started a newsletter on convivencia and "great policies for co-existence and the people behind them". This will be a treat.
-A