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Is design thinking dead yet?
Many designers don’t just want to make the world more beautiful—they want to make it a better place. A new book shows why they have so often failed to do so, writes Celine Nguyen:
How Did Design Become the Solution to Everything?
A new book charts how the discipline transcended humble origins and turned into something more ambitious, and more conflicted.
bit.ly
June 25, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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Nothing could be more perilous to American democracy than going to war under Donald Trump, Robert Kagan writes.
American Democracy Might Not Survive a War With Iran
The United States is well down the road to dictatorship. Imagine what Trump would do with a state of war.
bit.ly
June 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Here is my second installment of a very short series about narrative research experiments.

#cynefin
#complexity
#sensemaking
#narrativeresearch
Narrative Complexity in Self-Knowledge
Part Two of my “Self-Sense” Series
elizabethhare.substack.com
May 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Recommending this 2024 interview with D. Graham Burnett after being absorbed by his current @newyorker.com piece

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Your Mind Is Being Fracked
Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 05/31/2024 · Subscribers Only · 1h 12m
podcasts.apple.com
April 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I found this article riveting for its humanistic descriptions of co-intelligence work, and its framing of change
A Princeton professor had his students complete an assignment using A.I. It became “the most profound experience” in his teaching career.
Will the Humanities Survive Artificial Intelligence?
Maybe not as we’ve known them. But, in the ruins of the old curriculum, something vital is stirring.
www.newyorker.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I'm developing a multi-part series that describes my delving into job search practices, complexity theory, and narrative-based research—a journey that began with a useful tension and evolved into methodological insights. I've named this project “Self-Sense.”

#complexity
#cynefin
#narrativeresearch
When Structured Approaches Meet Complex Realities: A Reflective Critique of Job Search Methodologies
Part One of my “Self-Sense” Series
elizabethhare.substack.com
April 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM