PinnedInThe School for Social DesignbyJoe Edelman·Oct 27, 2021How 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…
PinnedInThe School for Social DesignbyJoe Edelman·Feb 9, 2017Five Days with the DevilInside: a thought experiment; how human values get lost; and a new perspective on recent political upheaval (Trump, Brexit, terrorism…A response icon20A response icon20
PinnedJoe Edelman·Mar 3, 2020Narcissism…and its impact on my life and others’. Plus next steps.A response icon2A response icon2
PinnedInThe School for Social DesignbyJoe Edelman·Oct 24, 2018How I Wasted My 20s (Pursuing Goals)Coming to Terms with my Non-Goal DrivesA response icon2A response icon2
InThe School for Social DesignbyJoe Edelman·Aug 19, 2021The Design Landscape & Values-Misaligned SystemsWhy do bureaucracies of good people do bad things?
Joe Edelman·Oct 26, 2020(Update) A year of soul searching & my new missionMy new mission is to make social design a proper field.A response icon1A response icon1
Joe Edelman·Mar 24, 2020How the Virus is Helping Us Find a Better Social StackAlternative Institutions are RisingA response icon1A response icon1
Joe Edelman·Feb 10, 2020Towards “Game B”☝️ This essay is also available on the Human Systems notion.A response icon1A response icon1
InThe School for Social DesignbyJoe Edelman·Feb 10, 2020Four Social Worlds☝️ This essay is also available on the Human Systems notion, and is part of the course materials for HS101 Deluxe.
InThe School for Social DesignbyJoe Edelman·Mar 21, 2019Public Debate and Institutional LegitimacyOr — What Can We Do Locally about Politics?