I say iPads, but really it’s the software: I think the last fifteen years of consumer software design has basically been asbestos for the mind. A bunch of “best practices” for commercial objectives are basically fucking poison.

I think scientists are trained for this work - not in the theory but in its analysis and application. And we're trained to learn new things.

We have the ability to look for logic & debunk unsupported claims.

But like any group, we exist as a spectrum, not a single entity. Better and worse ones

Always surprised at businesses that don't get how costly people who weren't going to be happy customers are.

Hollywood is allergic to this sort of advice, but I agree with the thinking that good marketing will both attract your target audience and push away the people who are NOT your audience.

Being clear about what the game is AND ISN'T is one way to do exactly this.

This is great. I'd love to share it with alt-text.

I just subscribed to The Onion because our dumbass President just announced a White Nationalist Ethnostate and all of my "serious" news apps are giving me push notifications about edible dining table centerpieces and fart walks.