Arvind (has towel, not panicking)
@avenk.bsky.social
design researcher, ritual technologist, neuroatypical in unsatisfactory ways. i sense and work towards emergent futures. let’s make the world a place of flourishing for all life.
Now i wonder if there is any information science research on the effect of (chronic) hyper-vigilance on satisficing and sense-making
November 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
That’s not at all what I’m saying, and also we could have been having some of this while simultaneously being subject to a catastrophic change.
I’m wondering what the baseline is, and how we would know this hasn’t happened to some extent already to some populations.
I’m wondering what the baseline is, and how we would know this hasn’t happened to some extent already to some populations.
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
That’s not at all what I’m saying, and also we could have been having some of this while simultaneously being subject to a catastrophic change.
I’m wondering what the baseline is, and how we would know this hasn’t happened to some extent already to some populations.
I’m wondering what the baseline is, and how we would know this hasn’t happened to some extent already to some populations.
I wonder if this has not already been the case for a half century or so.
November 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I wonder if this has not already been the case for a half century or so.
A small number of monsters destroyed the world and we are expected to walk among the ruins like nothing happened
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 AM
A small number of monsters destroyed the world and we are expected to walk among the ruins like nothing happened
We are carrying so much more grief than we are allowed to name publicly
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 AM
We are carrying so much more grief than we are allowed to name publicly
They are definitely structure-deferential, which in complex systems is *usually* a good idea (Chesterton’s fence and cascading failures and all that).
But at this point, we really do know a lot about the systems that software is embedded in.
But at this point, we really do know a lot about the systems that software is embedded in.
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
They are definitely structure-deferential, which in complex systems is *usually* a good idea (Chesterton’s fence and cascading failures and all that).
But at this point, we really do know a lot about the systems that software is embedded in.
But at this point, we really do know a lot about the systems that software is embedded in.
Agile tries to make knowledge and constraints legible, but it *thinks* it’s making power visible.
And then having given away the ability to say no because saying no is not normalised, we have devs complaining about layoffs and exploitation.
C’mon people.
And then having given away the ability to say no because saying no is not normalised, we have devs complaining about layoffs and exploitation.
C’mon people.
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Agile tries to make knowledge and constraints legible, but it *thinks* it’s making power visible.
And then having given away the ability to say no because saying no is not normalised, we have devs complaining about layoffs and exploitation.
C’mon people.
And then having given away the ability to say no because saying no is not normalised, we have devs complaining about layoffs and exploitation.
C’mon people.
It would be pretty great if the profession could recognise that it is facing a collective action problem. I’ve had this conversation with engineers before and it’s interesting how the first solutions are always tool and practices which of course only displace the symptoms elsewhere.
November 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
It would be pretty great if the profession could recognise that it is facing a collective action problem. I’ve had this conversation with engineers before and it’s interesting how the first solutions are always tool and practices which of course only displace the symptoms elsewhere.
Isn’t it worse than that, because the “should” is simply what is present more often, and is repeated more? Which is hugely influenced by the mechanics of text generation and storage - which is just a reflection of economics and population size of the text-producing class?
November 19, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Isn’t it worse than that, because the “should” is simply what is present more often, and is repeated more? Which is hugely influenced by the mechanics of text generation and storage - which is just a reflection of economics and population size of the text-producing class?
The best design is when it is invisible.
- Dieter Rams, probably
- Dieter Rams, probably
November 15, 2025 at 3:46 AM
The best design is when it is invisible.
- Dieter Rams, probably
- Dieter Rams, probably
I remain convinced that there is an alternate history where indigenous North Americans domesticated raccoons before Europeans got here
November 15, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I remain convinced that there is an alternate history where indigenous North Americans domesticated raccoons before Europeans got here
Now Apple is trying to tell me that I need to get off social media.
November 15, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Now Apple is trying to tell me that I need to get off social media.
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Now Apple is trying to tell me that I need to get off social media.
It’s what happens when I use the phone.
I mean, who needs to know who has sent me messages? It’s a bad habit, I should just stop talking to people.
I mean, who needs to know who has sent me messages? It’s a bad habit, I should just stop talking to people.
November 15, 2025 at 3:19 AM
It’s what happens when I use the phone.
I mean, who needs to know who has sent me messages? It’s a bad habit, I should just stop talking to people.
I mean, who needs to know who has sent me messages? It’s a bad habit, I should just stop talking to people.