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Work ecologist. My calling is the ecology of work, and the anthropology of the future. I am insatiably curious.
Feb 6, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
Change, we hear, is speeding up. We are overloaded by information. We are living in exponential times. … No matter, then, that in fact many of the world’s problems are caused by slowing down, rather than speeding up. | Andrew Curry

thenextwavefutures.wordpress.com/2020/02/12/fut… The rate of population growth has been slowing for almost 30 years; economic growth has been slowing for more than 50 years, and productivity growth for much of that time; even the rate of digital innovation is slowing. | Adam Curry

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Feb 4, 2022 6 tweets 2 min read
Global warming represents the collapse of such complex systems at such an extreme scale that it overrides our emotional capacity. | Amanda Hess

nytimes.com/2022/02/03/art… Global warming suggests that humans are powerful enough to destroy the world but too weak to stop it. | Amanda Hess

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May 8, 2021 9 tweets 4 min read
Minimum Viable Work
The way we’re working isn't working

workfutures.substack.com/p/minimum-viab… I came upon a great post by Sahil Lavingia, the founder of Gumroad, the platform for creators. He tells the story of Gumroad: no full-time workers, no meetings, no deadlines.

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Mar 5, 2019 10 tweets 4 min read
Work Futures Daily - Find A Game Worth Playing And Play It | Play and Work | Making Room | Matrixes Roles | Dissent |

workfutures.substack.com/p/work-futures… Want to love your job? Read this article | Ephrat Livni suggests that to find meaning and purpose in work we need to consider it a form of play

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Feb 12, 2019 9 tweets 4 min read
Work Futures Daily - Wanderlust | Disrupted by Robots | Routines | Amazon's Pocketing Tips | More On Parental Leave, Childcare For All | Disarming Microsoft Culture

workfutures.substack.com/p/work-futures… This Thriving City—and Many Others—Could Soon Be Disrupted by Robots | I can't turn around without bumping into Christopher Mims, hot on his beat.

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Mar 13, 2018 6 tweets 2 min read
Work Futures Daily - Alexa Goes To Work

What impact will voice assistants have on the workplace?

sto.ly/3C3Zzo Werner Vogels, the CTO of Amazon, has a great post making the case for Alexa for Business, with office meeting use case

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