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Exploring Regenerative Triangulation
I started articulating some thoughts in the last newsletter about a triad, in the fashion of fragile–robust–antifragile (from Taleb’s 2012 book) , which contained the states of unsustainable, sustainable and regenerative. The main thing bugging me was that making something sustainable, and moving towards a regenerative version of it, aren’t necessarily in the same direction.…
Artefact 234 – Your Letters
I sent out the latest edition of the Artefacts newsletter earlier this week, 3000+ words on a variety of things. Interestingly, various people got in touch with contributions, thoughts, questions, and more, but all via different platforms. There was no one place to share responses which other people might see and get something from too.…
I can’t believe there’s no butter
Well, not no butter. But certainly less than you’d expect. Another example of what producers are having to do in the face of ever-rising input costs. The wrappers are probably long paid for in bulk. The boxes they’re packed into measured for the original dimensions. The size expectations of what a portion of butter looks…
Taking Care of Water: IEDIFT 2023
Toban Shadlyn & John V Willshire 📢 Calling all futurists, changemakers, change-seekers, innovators 📢 . Come spend two weeks this summer at IED in Barcelona attending the Innovation and Future Thinking course. We will be bringing together a group of inspirational local and international lecturers, immersing ourselves in the local and regional context through a…
Hanging with your prosthetic selves
This week I read Zoe Scaman’s latest report on communities; there probably aren’t many (if any) people paying as much attention at the intersections behind brands, agencies and whatever community is in these conversations today. If that’s your bag, do check it out. It did spur one particular thought in my mind; are we still…
How I Created LEGO Serious Play
…wait, what, that’s not true, how can you even go about claiming that? Of course I didn’t create LEGO Serious Play. But ChatGPT claims I did… It’s just so damn eager to please sometimes, it’ll say anything. Not that I’m sitting all day asking LLMs who I am (now there’s an identity crisis waiting to…
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