As usual, an incoherent, irregular, unpredictable collection of interesting sparks. Handpicked, no robots. Minimalism in curation. I was surprised how only after three weeks how much there was already in the queu for this edition of Delicacies. Not only the quantity but also the quality and the articles that challenge conventional thinking. Loads of interesting video material as well. Enjoy!

• About Keller Easterling’s new book “Medium Design”, a fascinating read about designing for complexity, interfacing, and dispositions.
• About normal and not-normal, and why it matters, or not… Psychiatrist and Professor Dirk De Wachter is inspired by the great Julien Schoenaerts.

• About six ways future objects can be simpler and more elegant than a Gizmo and more valued and trusted than a Spime. Great post by Christopher Butler
• VR training app for B. Braun Group, we aimed to give the player the feeling that they are part of a larger simulation. The many interactions happen inside a virtual hospital that mimics the logic of a real surgical ward and that users can explore freely. By the great Andreea Ion Cojocaru @andreeavr

• “Most people believe they have a “true self” deep down that is fundamentally morally good. They don’t, but the belief affects the way everyone behaves and sees the world.”

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Also in the new year, I will continue with my usual, incoherent, irregular, unpredictable collection of interesting sparks. Handpicked, no robots. Minimalism in curation. Enjoy!

• About how we have become “insufficiently shocked” by people who trample on our norms

• About Distributed Cooperative Organisations for radical workplace democracy
• About revolt against the limits of anthropocentric capitalism
• A provocation metaphor for information by John V Willshire. What if data is not a flow of liquid, but behaves more like light and particles?
• About the creative and philosophical implications of designing spaces in virtual reality, as well as philosophies around tools for thought and software that can completely change the way we think creatively. With the amazing Andreea Ion Cojocaru.

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• About the emergence of paid communities. Or what is to come after the completely outdated Web 2.0 (Web 2.what?)
• Mind-blowing post about squads in emerging economic networks. The squad is the basic user class for the tools we need today as a society.
• Fantastic Fungi brings us together as interconnected creators of our world

• About Normalist and Weirdist responses to the Great Weirding > a lot to chew on here… by Venkatesh Rao
• About the pandemic as an unprecedented opportunity – seeing human society as a complex system opens a better future for us all.

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