Who gets to
design the future?
Technology arrives wearing the language of inevitability. But every system is a collection of human decisions.
In this issue
- 01The politics of convenience14 min
- 02A city built for shade9 min
- 03Against seamlessness18 min
- 04Tools for collective memory11 min
“Information is only useful when it changes what you notice.”
Field Notes is an independent publication about systems, cities, technology and the people living inside them.
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Notes worth keeping.
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