@mrteacup

Philosophy. Psychoanalysis. Social movements. Design. Technology. Ethics.

 Seattle, WA
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Joined August 2008
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New from me: The Sharing Economy Was Dead on Arrival daily.jstor.org/the-sharing-…

The Sharing Economy Was Dead on Arrival - JSTOR Daily

Sharing economy firms like Lyft and Airbnb promised community, but the ideas they promoted as overturning the status quo are the status quo.

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Utterly insane branding aimed at the recently bereaved - “we’re changing how we funeral” ???
Kyle Anthony Miller
@kyleanthony20 Sep 2023
New case study for our friends at After! After is changing the way people funeral. Simple cremations. Upfront pricing. Your way. You can even plan for your future to protect your loved ones from unexpected costs.
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True romantics embrace ascetic self-discipline in celibate monastic orders
Connor Tomlinson
@Con_Tomlinson17 Apr 2023
If you're young and want to get married, watch this clip Mary Harrington explains how committing to someone who will show up for you is more important than feeling "warm and fuzzy inside" all the time Abandon endless options. Bear life together @moveincircles | @lotuseaters_com
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People tend to forget that The Fountainhead has nothing to do with capitalism. It is a paean to nonconformity, artistic genius and individual self-expression.
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Søren Mau@sorenmau14 Mar 2023
Most attempts to account for the reproduction of capitalism rely on an assumption about the nature of power which tends to obscure the workings of economic power, namely that power comes in two fundamental and irreducible forms: violence and ideology. 1/8
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“(former) libertarians” = Hilary’s donor base
James Medlock@jdcmedlock12 Mar 2023
I’m happy to see many (former) libertarians come around to the idea that the economy functions best when the government steps in to provide generous social insurance to protect against risks the free market won’t insure. Make sure to apply this logic broadly!
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I learn new things each day. Today on this website, I found out that a libertarian is a centrist democrat who runs a company. Capitalism is when you wake up one morning and your bank doesn’t exist anymore.
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Secret advice passed down through generations from mother to daughter on how to get fines and even jail time during your divorce proceeding
Fesshole🧻
@fesshole8 Feb 2023
When I got married my mother told me to save for an exit fund should the marriage fail; I have now been married 49 years. The "exit" fund now stands at £315k. My husband has no idea.
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Even art isn’t necessarily “self expression” - art can be about representation, religion, politics.
Dave Malouf@Dave_Malouf2 Feb 2023
Replying to @nickf @petroid
Solving problems wo personal expression is probably better described as engineering and even then probably not quite right. Design wo personal expression is antiseptic, soulless, and boring. Just bc there is self expression doesn’t mean it can’t also be solving a problem.
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As a designer, my passion is humanizing technology and delighting users
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Reading the twitter files, it’s interesting how liberal activists in the company essentially advocate for Mussolini’s “merger of corporate and state power” as the antidote to fascism.
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Advice-tweeters: why? Why do you do it? Please stop. It is not possible that you understand the situation of 100s or 1000s of people well enough to be prescriptive.
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When I see your context-free injunctions on the timeline, you don’t seem credible. Because it’s implausible that you have discovered some universal secret that is valid in all contexts.
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Advice is like driving directions. Don’t give it to people if you have no idea where they are.
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??? how is this even a question? One time we redesigned an email, aesthetic changes only = $100 million revenue lift
Nick Finck@nickf1 Jan 2023
Honest question. Has anyone every had measurable outcomes from a project that they can say the reason for the improvement in that metric was 100% because of their design work & no one else’s w/o any doubt? I ask because I’ve yet to see it or at least not without flawed thinking.
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When your doctor gives you a prescription to get your privilege checked
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People seem to not understand that this is the fastest way to spark a right wing critical race theory protest aimed at health insurance companies.
lmao no #chatgpt3
Reminded of the time that UW turned down working with me & my company on improving life for minimum wage warehouse workers (disproportionately women of color). No interest from faculty, busy working on real problems like racial disparities in voice recognition, etc.
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Hiring designers was interesting. Me: “Many people use our service to escape homelessness.” Then: “Yeah, sorry… I’m actually more interested in the Social Impact space…”
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