PinnedJoe EdelmaninThe School for Social DesignHow to Make Tech Products (that Don’t Cause Depression and War)Picture a typical technologist: she watches how her users scroll, click, and engage with her product. Based on what she sees, she makes…5 min read·Oct 27, 2021----
PinnedJoe EdelmaninThe School for Social DesignFive Days with the DevilInside: a thought experiment; how human values get lost; and a new perspective on recent political upheaval (Trump, Brexit, terrorism…·5 min read·Feb 9, 2017--20--20
PinnedJoe EdelmanNarcissism…and its impact on my life and others’. Plus next steps.9 min read·Mar 3, 2020--2--2
PinnedJoe EdelmaninThe School for Social DesignHow I Wasted My 20s (Pursuing Goals)Coming to Terms with my Non-Goal Drives5 min read·Oct 24, 2018--2--2
Joe EdelmaninThe School for Social DesignThe Design Landscape & Values-Misaligned SystemsWhy do bureaucracies of good people do bad things?5 min read·Aug 19, 2021----
Joe Edelman(Update) A year of soul searching & my new missionMy new mission is to make social design a proper field.3 min read·Oct 26, 2020--1--1
Joe EdelmanHow the Virus is Helping Us Find a Better Social StackAlternative Institutions are Rising·14 min read·Mar 24, 2020--1--1
Joe EdelmanTowards “Game B”☝️ This essay is also available on the Human Systems notion.·20 min read·Feb 10, 2020--1--1
Joe EdelmaninThe School for Social DesignFour Social Worlds☝️ This essay is also available on the Human Systems notion, and is part of the course materials for HS101 Deluxe.·10 min read·Feb 10, 2020----
Joe EdelmaninThe School for Social DesignPublic Debate and Institutional LegitimacyOr — What Can We Do Locally about Politics?·5 min read·Mar 21, 2019----