Agree with that and it applies well beyond surgical briefs

Professions struggling for recognition: We do not do [concrete thing] we do [very abstract thing].

Asking "if NPS is bad, what one metric should we use instead?" is a lot like asking "if this magic wand doesn't work, should we try a staff or an orb?"

wow finally answering the question of "what if Botticelli were shit at composition"

“Since the professions are founded on knowledge, admiration [of fellow professionals] peaks when knowledge is most pure, that is, when it is least deformed by actual application.” (Abbott 1988, p242)

This was a really amazing read nautil.us/how-eugenics-s…

We need to shift the focus from 'AI risk,' whether 'existential' or not, to AI harm. 'AI' (automated decision systems, LLMs, generative tools for images, voice, and video, predictive policing and other forms of automated carcerality, and more) are harming people RIGHT NOW.

lingerie_addict If you buy an expensive item don't save it for a special occasion, wear it. Wear it, repair it, keep wearing it.

Literally just yelled "NO" at my screen yankodesign.com/2023/06/02/app… "The user can select an on-screen item by simply looking at it and activate it by making a hand gesture, such as a pinch." HOW MANY TIMES MUST WE DIE THE KINECT'S DEATH

The real 'divide' isn't between AI 'Safety' & AI 'Ethics'. It's between 'risk' & 'harm.' Risk mitigation is a firm-focused corporate/technical/anti-litigation strategy. Harm reduction is people-focused, based on acknowledging, investigating, mitigating, ending, repairing harm.

I wonder: Free/Libre/Open Source Software is build around the idea of collaboration, but are there statistics on how projects actually have multiple contributors? (sure there are – I was unable to find them so far!) [Crosspost from mastodon, where I did not find the answer]

i want 'programmers looking down on spreadsheets' discourse but like the opposite, like spreadsheet people looking down on programmers 'how can programmers stand not seeing the concrete data they're operating on' 'how can programmers tolerate not being able to live edit code'

#summer #books (my cartoon for this weekend’s Guardian Books / Guardian Saturday)

Recently re-read this. So good. I'm that middle class kid. I had my one throw, but now trying to afford more tickets for more throws, through things like freelancing. All the while just hoping I'll never have to go back to working at the carnival.

I often read that #UXDesign ers should learn more about business and management. It sure is useful knowledge but I wonder: Is "learning more about business" a common sentiment in other professions too?

Is there a (oral) history of agile development (particularly scrum)? There are many interesting assumptions in the concept and methods, and I am curious what shaped them #agile #management #development

in its final major update, Slipstream adds modding tools, steam workshop support and a little bit of new content. (RTs extremely appreciated, this is a very important moment for the game and me) store.steampowered.com/news/app/73281…

At a time when societal injustices abound, I asked Prof. Souleymane Bachir Diagne from Columbia University & 2024 Worlds of Contradiction guest professor about the relationship btwn philosophy & justice & what he makes of the critique #CanTheTenuredSpeak. Full interview: youtu.be/4N7MVx3Hh5Q?si…