Links

1. Jason Hickel: It's either degrowth for the rich or climate disaster

   This podcast with Jason Hickel really helped to build an understanding of degrowth and how it differs from austerity and green growth. Lots of other nuggets of information about social indicators and GDP and how equality is a core principle of degrowth. Inspiring stuff!

2. Fermentation as Metaphor – An Interview with Sandor Katz

   Fascinating conversation about the fermentation process, its role in history and our current lifestyle, and as a metaphor for our investment in the future of the planet.

3. You're Dead to Me – The History of Timekeeping

   Time is funny. A very hilarious and fascinating history of time and timekeeping. Well worth your time.

4. Tech Won’t Save Us – Plastic Recycling Is a Scam

   Fascinating discussion about the state of recycling in the 21st century and a look at how the plastic industry has historically reframed the problem and blame on consumers.

5. Material Matters – Bas van Abel – Repair and conflict minerals

   Great conversation with Fairphone founder Bas van Abel about the trials and tribulations of starting a business and product focused on longevity, repairability and ethically sourced minerals.

6. Blackbox Episode 3 – Repocalypse now

   Loneliness, love, lust and LLMs… what could possibly go wrong?

7. PaperNet Boarding Pass

   A fantastic example of playful design and elevating the value artifacts based on the context of use. By Brian Suda and the creative folks at https://optional.is/.

8. The Clearleft Podcast: Measuring Design

   The smart folks at Clearleft and co. discuss what can, can’t, should and shouldn’t be measured of design and user experiences.

9. Metadesign For Murph — dConstruct Audio Archive

   John Willshire’s musings of designing for a future we can’t see from 2015 dConstruct conference.

10. One Scientist Painstakingly Establishes a Chronology for More than 100 Surviving Prints of ‘The Great Wave’ by Hokusai

    Capucine Korenberg’s astonishing scientific research study into the chronology and composition of over 100 Hokusai’s ‘The Great Wave’ impressions.