Edition-130 of Delicacies. As usual, max 5 articles that I found interesting and worth re-reading. Handpicked, no robots. Minimalism in curation. Enjoy!

• About the need to stop talking and take our own responsibilities in building 21st-century institutions. Fantastic post. One of those you want to read 100 times: https://stories.platformdesigntoolkit.com/the-design-of-platforms-in-the-age-of-institutional-failure-bd296beeb8dc?gi=4f0bb644b247
• About bionic brains. Robots. Cutting-edge efforts to blunt the effects of climate change. The future of health care, and tech, and business. 2069 or what life may be like in the next 50 years: https://medium.com/s/2069
• About cities, streets, curbs etc sucking up your data. How organizations around the world are handling growing privacy concerns: https://www.cbinsights.com/research/smart-cities-data-sharing-privacy-initiatives/
• About strong bonds and high quality social interactions as the foundation for today’s workplace. Reflections by @jharche on the British Army latest recruitment campaign. See also the section on Aesthetics in the extended version of this Delicacies: https://jarche.com/2019/01/embrace-the-snowflakes/
• About community-based design vs Human-centered design. By the godfather of design Don Norman: https://jnd.org/community-based-human-centered-design/

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