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Can we really call it progress when it creates so much waste? What if your phone — the one you’re using right now — was your last phone? Take a good look at it and imagine using it for the rest of your life. Could it even last that long? Could you? Probably not. Today I want to think about what that means. What happens to a planet and its people when technological progress is measured in product cycles. And what happens when there's no balance sheet to account for the other side of that — when every new product leaves billions of products and accessories and packaging behind…Show NotesMy first cellphoneMy second cellphoneThis clip ended up on the cutting room floor, but here's Derek Zoolander's tiny phoneYou can learn more about the Agbogbloshie landfill by reading its Wikipedia page, looking at these photographs, or watching this documentary. Please watch it!You can learn more about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch here."The Victims of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch," a clip from 60 MinutesProject Ara Demo at Google IO 2015Google Cancels Project AraThe FairphoneDanny Boyle interviewed by Marc MaronMusicAll music used in this episode was independently produced by r beny and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use.FeltFall Creek UnitFormation ProcessNovation PeakMariposaAlluvialNatomaSpindleIllumination CeremonyCreditsDesign Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC.You can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw. You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co, and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co.Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Every discussion of entrepreneurship is really a discussion about values. Today, we'll follow up on last week's episode, where we began a discussion of entrepreneurship by resetting that idea — by challenging the story of entrepreneurship. We contrasted the protagonist — the hero CEO — with the reality of who we are. And we contrasted the plot — the capitalistic, meritocratic variant of the hero's journey — with the meandering serendipity of our lives' paths. But dismantling one story doesn't write ours for us. And so that's where we'll pick up today — with how we begin — by identifying, examining, and ordering our values so that they may serve as a foundation for the creative and productive lives we build upon them…MusicAll music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use.Di Breun, by Blue Dot SessionsDrip Hop Modular Beats, by r benyOriel, by Blue Dot SessionsThe Snowgard, by Blue Dot SessionsCrosswire, by Blue Dot SessionsLi Fonte, by Blue Dot SessionsE2 Ambient X, by r benyCreditsDesign Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC.You can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw. You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co, and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co.Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Entrepreneurship doesn’t have to mean what you think it means.Over the course of the next two episodes, I'd like to share with you how my own perspective on “entrepreneurship” has evolved, and offer a critique of the sameness of the popular model of the entrepreneur. I'll also give you eight little nuggets of wisdom that have been helpful to me on my journey so far, and only grow in their value to me as it continues…Show NotesNewfangled, where I work.MusicAll music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use.Kirkus, by Blue Dot SessionsTransit Center, by Podington BearOrder of Entrance, by Blue Dot SessionsLunette, by Blue Dot SessionsTralaga, by Blue Dot SessionsTolls Folly, by Blue Dot SessionsExceter Lask, by Blue Dot SessionsCreditsDesign Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC.You can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw. You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co, and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co.Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Every vision of the future is a better index of the present from which it came than whatever time it imagines. So today, let's look back at some of the things we believed would serve as landmarks of the future. Not to point out how quaint they are or to dunk on the blind spots of the past. But so that we can better understand why — no matter what shiny new objects we make and use — we never quite feel like we've gotten to the future. Why it's so difficult to recognize how far we've come…Show NotesThe Dymaxion HouseLe CorbusierLewis MumfordLewis Mumford on The CityRobert Heinlein did get a futurist house eventually. He just had to design it himself.The Entire History of YouMusicAll music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use.Spirals, by r beny Fall Creek Unit, by r beny Live 182801, by r beny Pines, by r beny Crystals & Graves, by r beny Volca Keys Arp Jam, by r beny CreditsDesign Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC.You can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw. You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co, and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co.Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Too often we think of the word "design" as a shorthand for an ecosystem of mostly visual phenomena. But words play an enormous, though often unseen, role in the creation of everything. Today, I want to tell you a story about how my life was changed by a few words said quickly, but words which I will never forget...MusicAll music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use.Envira, by Blue Dot SessionsOur Digital Compass, by Blue Dot SessionsSvela Tal, by Blue Dot SessionsTolls Folly, by Blue Dot SessionsCreditsDesign Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC.You can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw. You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co, and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co.Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The majority of our clicking and tapping is a repetitive act of information management. Isn't A.I. supposed to help us with this? Don't hold your breath... Today, on Design Tomorrow, in the tradition of the rantiest of rants, I'd like to, well, rant about a few things. About AI and us, about wasted time and wasting of the land, and about the lowing and highing of design...LinksThe Sword in the Stone, Wart eats a bug“It is important to use your hands. This is what distinguishes you from a cow or a computer operator.” - Paul RandMusicAll music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use.Respiration, by Podington Bear Transit Center, by Podington Bear Twine, by Podington Bear The Dirty, by Podington Bear Free Radicals, by Podington Bear Lleb, by Podington Bear Data, by Podington Bear Dark Matter, by Podington Bear Rythn, by Podington Bear CreditsDesign Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC.You can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw. You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co, and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co.Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Is technology a means to an end — the ladder we climb to a future we want to inhabit because it's better for us than the present — or is it as far as we let our minds and hearts go? In this episode of Design Tomorrow, we'll connect a few stories about technology that didn't make it in order to better understand the technological path our culture is on...LinksSplit-flap displaysSaying Goodbye to Philadelphia's 30th Street Station's Iconic Flip BoardBERG's Pixel TrackBERG's archived home pageMusicAll music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use.Arbic Tallow, by Blue Dot SessionsFall Creek Unit, by r benyErvira, by Blue Dot SessionsKalsted, by Blue Dot SessionsArbinac, by Blue Dot SessionsLevanger, by Blue Dot SessionsCreditsDesign Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC.You can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw. You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co, and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co.Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Does advertising still make sense in our world today? How does a form of media always known as an associated form — as something that sips from the attention river flowing to and from other things — function when the complexity of those waterways has exponentially increased?LinksWho is Using Twitter in the US?28 Twitter Statistics All Marketers Need to Know in 2019The Eye-Opening Influence of Instagram on Buying10 Instagram Stats Every Marketer Should Know in 2019The Cost of Paying Attention, by Matthew CrawfordJared Lanier on micropaymentsThe Roosevelts, by Ken BurnsMusicAll music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use.Greyleaf Willow, by Blue Dot SessionsRainy Day Drone, by Blue Dot SessionsFall Creek Unit, by r benyLoam, by Podington BearEE2 Ambient, by r benyWilt, by r benyE2 Ambient Electro Jam, by r benyCreditsDesign Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC.You can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw. You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co, and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co.Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Are interfaces good? Or are they a distraction — for us the makers, and for the users we believe we are helping? How can we think better about both how we interface with digital experiences, personally, and how others do it? Today, we'll think deeply about the nature of the interface — what it is, and what it says about us, the people who made it — and explore the need for new rules for better interface-making...LinksIt's a Mistake to Mistake Content for Content, by Kenneth GoldsmithIn the Kingdom of the Bored, the One-Armed Bandit is King, by Nicholas CarrAmish Hackers, by Kevin KellyKevin Kelly speaking at GoogleWhat Technology Wants, by Kevin KellyMusicAll music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use.Bloom, by r benyCyclotrak, by Blue Dot SessionsSvela Tal, by Blue Dot SessionsTralaga, by Blue Dot SessionsExceter Lask, by Blue Dot SessionsCreditsDesign Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC.You can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw. You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co, and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co.Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We live in a time of illusions. Simulations that reflect back upon us more than just the passage of time, but something important about who we are. Something unique is going on right now — with the tools and technology we have — that is giving us the ability to stop, stretch, bend, and replay time. In this episode, we'll explore what that offers us, we for whom at some point, time will end...Links"Danielle"Timelapse of the Imperceptible Effects of Aging Created from Family Portraits by Anthony Cerniello"Noah takes a photo of himself every day for 12.5 years"Homer Simpson Time Lapse"Nancy Grows Up""41 Years in 60 Seconds""The Arrow of Time"Star Trek TNG - Moriarty pleads his case for existenceStranger than Fiction - Harold confronts the necessity of his deathMemento MoriMusicAll music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use.Danielle, by Mark ReveleyTogether We Are Stronger, by KomikuI Need to Start Writing Things Down, by Chris ZabriskieThe Dark Glow of the Mountains, by Chris ZabriskieI Used to Need the Violence, by Chris ZabriskieOut of the Skies Under the Earth, by Chris ZabriskieCreditsDesign Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC.You can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw. You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co, and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co.Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

When so many problems of existence remain unsolved, we haven't earned the luxury of smartphones. So this is an intervention. A challenge to the status quo of waste and distraction and triviality and short-term pile-on that is our way of life here in 2019...Links"Give it a second! It's going to space!""not just actual attention but the promise of future, fictional, vaporous attention" - Dan HonFlint, Michigan still doesn't have clean waterBill Gates made a machine that turns feces into drinkable waterIt’s In the Bag! Teenager Wins Science Fair, Solves Massive Environmental ProblemMusicAll music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use.Invicta, by Blue Dot SessionsBloom, by r benyElectribe 2 Meets System 1, by r beny4-Track Cassette Drone, by r benyComma, by Blue Dot SessionsCreditsDesign Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC.You can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw. You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co, and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co.Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What is it about robots that compels us to create them? And what does it say about a culture that makes machine surrogates despite not having reached a consensus about why to make them in the first place? In this episode, we'll explore the robots taking over our world, and the agenda behind them...LinkshitchBOTthe definition of "robot" from Google and Wikipediaa drumming robota spring-making robotoh, the many uses of springsUber's first self-driven truck delivery was a beer run.Amazon's newest ambition: competing directly with UPS and FedExThe permanent transitionThe three laws of roboticsThe One Thing Real Quick Podcast"How to Keep Yourself Sane in Faketopia"MusicAll music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use.Inside the Toy Submarine, by Blue Dot SessionsRotary Cog, by Blue Dot SessionsBloom, by r benyNovation Peak Ambient II, by r benyHer Caliber, by Blue Dot SessionsExquisite Motion, by Blue Dot SessionsRainy Day Drone, by Blue Dot SessionsTiny Bottles, by Blue Dot SessionsThe Dustbin, by Blue Dot SessionsCreditsDesign Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC. You can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw. You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co, and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co.Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What are our ideas worth? Are they as valuable as we think they are? And what might change about how we act on our ideas once we start thinking differently about how we value them and how unique they really are? In this episode, we'll explore how simultaneous ideas and discoveries throughout history show that ideas and minds probably work differently than we think...LinksThe Discovery of EndorphinsWho invented Electricity?List of multiple discoveriesThe Theory of MultiplesDueling Movies are a real thingThis episode is based upon an article I wrote in 2015 called "What is an idea worth?"MusicAll music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use.Ultraviolet Clouds Clone, by by r benyBloom, by r benyFlashing Runner, by Blue Dot SessionsCanopy, by r benyPassing Station, by Blue Dot SessionsE2 Ambient X , by r benyCreditsDesign Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC.You can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw. You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co, and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co.Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

They say that practice makes perfect. I'll settle for "practice makes good," thank you very much! In this episode of Design Tomorrow, we'll explore what it means to practice - what there is in repetition that can help us to get better. Not just at what we do, but also at who we are.LinksMy drawing professor, Alfred Decredico.Balancing Data with Intuition, by Jon YablonskiThe Way to Make Good Things is to Make Many Things, by Chris ButlerMusicAll music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use.Arctic Draba, by Blue Dot SessionsBut Enough About Me Bill Paxton, by Chris ZabriskieIllumination Ritual, by r benyDrift & Divide, by r benyCold Summers, by Blue Dot SessionsVolca FM Meets PO, by r benyCreditsDesign Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC.You can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw. You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co, and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co.Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

There are very few people left on Earth for whom the world isn't shaped by computers or seen through their screens. But does it have to be this way? In this episode, we'll explore how screens — and the images they reveal — are just as much a manifestation of the world from which they come as they are the raw materials of a story about the next one: the future...LinksThe IBM Portable PC 5155Blade Runner - Opening SceneHuman Progress Landscape, the not-so-good student animation I made in 2003, but for which I still retain some fondnessThe machine I used to make it: the Sony VAIO Digital StudioJony Ive's magical voice for Apple marketingyou may have noticed some sound from the Tron Lightbike SceneThe Matrix "What is Real?" scenekeen listeners and sci-fi aficionados will have noticed sounds from the Nostromo boot sequence in Alienyou may have also noticed some sound from The Lawnmower Man's disconnecting sceneWhat Technology Wants, by Kevin KellyThe last clip you heard came from WarGames - The WOPR introduction sceneMusicWith the exception of a brief sample from a live performance of Kraftwerk in 1978, all music used in this episode was independently produced and shared with Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use by Able Parris of kamuter.Stratosfear, by kamuterDiscovery, by kamuterthe robots (live), by KraftwerkFrequency, by kamuterTerraform, by kamuterInterrogation, by kamuterSome of My Favorite Independent MediaRobin Sloan is a writer and self-styled media inventor who constantly inspires me by independently producing short stories and "odd-shaped internet projects." His latest workspace is called Year of the Meteor, where he's writing a regular newsletter and producing some interesting zine-like media. Robin and his partner Kathryn Tomajan also independently produce California extra virgin olive oil under the label: Fat GoldDesert Oracle is a pocket-sized field guide (and radio show) to the fascinating American deserts: strange tales, singing sand dunes, sagebrush trails, artists and aliens, authors and oddballs, ghost towns and modern legends, musicians and mystics, scorpions and saguaros! Independently produced by Ken Layne.Mysterious Universe is my favorite podcast about the weird, the strange, the paranormal, and the metaphysical independently produced for over a decade in Sydney, Australia. You can support them by listening and becoming a member of their Plus Club.Logic Magazine is a print magazine about technology that publishes three times per year and maintains an intentionally small digital footprint. Hurry Slowly is a podcast about how you can be more productive, creative, and resilient through the simple act of slowing down. Aquarium Drunkard is an eclectic audio journal focused on daily reviews, interviews, features, podcasts and sessions.CreditsDesign Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC. You can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw. You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co, and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co.Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As long as we've been self-aware, we've desired companionship. And yet, we are not enough for one another; we hunger for something more - something that folklore, imaginary friends, and now technology have attempted to satisfy. Today, we stand at a crossroads beyond which is a future full of artificial lives. What kinds of minds will we create for ourselves? And what kind of future will those minds make for us?Links"The Measure of a Man," Season 2, Episode 9 of Star Trek: The Next GenerationHer"Be Right Back," Season 2, Episode 1 of Black MirrorTHX 1138The confession scene in THX 1138"When her best friend died, she rebuilt him using artificial intelligence."The tablets on Star Trek: The Next Generation were called PADDs...and there were a lot of themMusicAll music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use.MD by r benyBut Enough About Me, Bill Paxton, by Chris ZabriskieCities Sleep Like Seeds by r benyThe Sea's Sullen Green by r benyEmpty Grinds by r benyGlisten by r benyCreditsDesign Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC.You can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw. You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co, and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co.Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The more time passes, the faster it feels it's moving. It's an illusion, of course, but does that really matter? If you feel like it's moving faster, it might as well be. The shrinkiness of time is part of the human condition. But the secret you may not know is that you can slow it down. You can get your time back. Here are eight ways...Links"Life is Short," by Paul GrahamThe boiling frog phenomenonMy preferred notebookDeep Work, by Cal NewportMusicAll music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use.Morning Colorwheel, by Blue Dot SessionsMachination, by Blue Dot SessionsOur Digital Compass, by Blue Dot SessionsBasin, by r benyEcrins Eurorack Ambient, by r benyCold Summers, by Blue Dot SessionsFull Blossom of the Evening, by r benyCreditsDesign Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC.You can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw. You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co, and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co.Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Progress is something we all try to work toward, but how do we really know if we're making any? And if progress isn’t permanent, is it progress at all? In this episode, we'll explore progress and the ways that certain forms of it actually trap us in the past...LinksRonald Wright, A Short History of ProgressInterview with Ronald Wright, "What is Progress"MusicAll music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use.Early Renaissance Music, Shakespear's TimeWestern Sycamore, by r benyOur Digital Compass, by Blue Dot SessionsString Theory, by r benyTraditional Polynesian Music, The Culture SocietyBurl, by r benyJune 12, 2014, by r benyDulcinea Eurotrack Modular Ambient, by r benyCreditsDesign Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC.You can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw. You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co, and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co.Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're all using voice interfaces now — a thing of science fiction now very much in our reality. But it turns out that feelings — things like fear, loneliness, trust, and desire — play just as much of a role in the way these machines work than do databases and code...LinksData talks to the ComputerJosh.aiJosh promotional videoWe Are Hopelessly Hooked on TechnologyB.J. FoggTristan Harris on the needed design renaissanceMusicAll music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use.Mercurial Vision, by Blue Dot SessionsI Can't Imagine Where I'd Be Without It, by Chris ZabriskieCascade Symmetry, by r benyAuroral, by r benySidrax Organ Black Fountain, by r benyElatan, by Gustav LandinCreditsYou can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw. You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co, and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co. Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In a world as crowded with technological tools for measuring our progress as ours is, sometimes the best way to see how far we've come is, literally, in our own hands and on our own faces. In this episode, we'll discuss a simple exercise you can do to test your perspective and how well it accounts for other people, not just you.LinksA 30-second test to determine whether your boss is a gem or a jerk MusicAll music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use.The Terrarium, by Blue Dot SessionsMercurial Vision, by Blue Dot SessionsNovation Peak Ambient, by r beny The Fossils of Intention, by r beny Paper House, by r benyCreditsYou can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw. You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co, and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co.Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow.After-Credits LinksJoy's LawTingbotWeb Decay GraphRedesigning a blog to meet business objectivesYou're ending your emails wrongMan plays Beatles song on guitar while undergoing brain surgeryGoodnight Dune See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It may sound like a rhetorical question, but asking "what is real?" is becoming more and more a practical inquiry into the nature of our everyday experience. In this episode of Design Tomorrow, we'll imagine a future — not too far off — where the lines between real and something else will be so blurry that we'll probably need a whole new category of technology to help us bring them back into focus...LinksThe Pyramids at GizaThe Mona LisaPhotosynthAudio SpotlightTalking WindowActive ListeningVR HeadsetProject BluebeamMusicCathedral Redwoods, by r benyHallon, by Christian Bjoerklund Novation Peak Ambient, by r benyOella, by r beny CreditsDesign Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC. You can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw, visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co, or email Chris directly at chris @ designtomorrow.co. Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow.After-Credits LinksDSCOVR sends 11 photos of Earth back to NASA every dayImogen Heap's musical glovesScientists hope to lengthen dog yearsChinese DNA-edited superdogs"…most startups claiming to promote the sharing economy are really just neoliberal extravagances that will further enrich the smartphone-toting white elite." See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

There is no good definition of design. In this episode, Chris talks about what distinguishes design from art, and how accountability plays a unique role in making the distinction clear.Links4'33", by John CageThe scene sampled at the end of the episode is from "A Matter of Perspective," Season 3, Episode 14 of Star Trek: The Next Generation. You can view the clip here.MusicWilt, by r benyMercurial Vision, by Blue Dot Sessionsektar, by r benyCreditsDesign Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC. You can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw, visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co, or email Chris directly at chris @ designtomorrow.co.Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow.After-Credits Links“Conservatively, our prison story cost roughly $350,000. The banner ads that appeared in it brought in $5,000, give or take.”An Open Letter to Managers of WomenThis clock writes the timeVictorians Wanted to Contact Aliens Using Giant MirrorsStudy Finds That People’s Brains Show a Neural Spike When a Friend’s Brain is Stimulated3,000 year old intact ostrich eggPrinciples of Two-Dimensional Design, by Wucius Wong See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We all think about the future. Probably more than we're even aware. But, is thinking about the future useful? Does thinking about the future actually help us make one that's better? In this episode of Design Tomorrow, we'll talk about the future. Not a specific future, but the possibility of one. And what it means to envision the future — practically — in a way that both shapes our present and ensures progress... LinksTraction, by Gino WickmanMusicWinter Tracks, by r benyRefraction, by Podington BearHallon, by Christian BjoerklundVernal Bloom, by r benyCreditsDesign Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC. You can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw, visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co, or email Chris directly at chris @ designtomorrow.co. Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow.After-Credits LinksQuiz: Can we guess your age and income, based solely on the apps on your phone? This Mind-Blowing Music Machine Is Powered by 2,000 Marbles How Chris Marker’s Radical SciFi Film, La Jetée, Changed the Life of Cyberpunk Prophet, William GibsonHOW TO Take a photo with a piece of paperCollie LoverThe Image of the City, by Kevin Lynch See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Chris tells a story about a drawing professor who taught him about not just identifying the negative space in our thoughts and actions, but something he called active erasure, and how being intentional about the act of taking things out can not only improve the work we do, but change its very nature...LinksAlfred DeCredicoHow to Grow an Idea, by Jenny OdellMusicRaro Bueno, by ChuzausenVeins of Silver, by Blue Dot SessionsBathyscaphe, by r benyCreditsYou can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw, just leave all the vowels out. That's @ D S G N T M R R W. You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co, and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co.Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow.After-Credits LinksMore than half your body isn't human.MIT's wearable device can 'hear' the words you say in your head.Do We Finally Understand How Acupuncture Works?Shh! Don’t Tell Them There’s No Magic In Design Thinkinghttps://twitter.com/davewiner/status/987350876602978305 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Chris talks about what it means for designers to get out of their own way, and he shares a couple of ways he's made that not only more possible in his life, but more natural to his day to day.Things Mentioned in the ShowClients from Hell“I am trying to be unfamiliar with what I am doing." Said by John Cage. The full quote is, "I am trying to check my habits of seeing, to counter them for the sake of greater freshness. I am trying to be unfamiliar with what I am doing." I'm honestly not sure what the original source of this quote is; it's been quoted in thousands of secondary sources, though.4'33", by John CageMusicAll music used in this episode is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use.Rythn, by Podington BearHallon, by Christian BjoerklundOld Growth, by r benyCreditsDesign Tomorrow is produced by Chris Butler at the Tomorrow office in Durham, NC. You can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw, visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co, or email Chris directly at chris @ designtomorrow.co.Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow.After-Credits LinksThis startup uses machine learning and satellite imagery to predict crop yieldsIKEA - Let's RelaxConsciousness: The Mind Messing With the Mindhttp://prostheticknowledge.tumblr.com/post/148449669971/worlds-first-tattoo-by-industrial-robotBiutiful, by Ash KooshaA Primer of Visual Literacy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Chris talks about appreciating the design of everyday objects, minimalism, and how some objects can reflect a life well lived.LinksI mentioned a bunch of objects I own that I especially value. Only some can be found online, so this is a partial list:My preferred notebook is a Stillman & Birn Epsilon sketchbookMy preferred pen is a Pilot G2 .7mm Fine Point in blackMy preferred belt is a Grip6My preferred pants are a pair of Edgevale Cast Iron Utility Pants in Smoke Black. In the summer, I wear a pair of Fjallraven High Coast Trousers in LimestoneMy preferred boots are Blundstone Super 550 in blackMy preferred t-shirts are Woolly Merino V-Neck in GreyMy wallet is a BRYK stainless steel caseMy watch is a Trintec Zulu-07 in Stainless SteelMy bag is a Booq Boa BriefcaseIf you don't know the Spin Doctors song I referenced, congratulations. If you can't handle not knowing it, you can listen to it here.Ubik is a book by Philip K. Dick. You should read it.Bruce Sterling coined the term "Spime" in his book, Shaping Things. You should read that, too.MusicAll music featured in this episode (except for the tiny bit of Two Princes) is independently produced and licensed by Design Tomorrow for non-commercial use.Bass Rider, by Podington BearMercurial Vision, by Blue Dot SessionsWestern Sycamore, by r benyWaves, by Podington BearCreditsYou can follow the show on Twitter @dsgntmrrw, just leave all the vowels out. That's @ D S G N T M R R W. You can visit the show's website at designtomorrow.co, and you can email me at chris @ designtomorrow.co.Thanks for listening, and remember, what we do and think today can create a better tomorrow.After Credits LinksStudy: Average Person’s Life Plan Can Only Withstand 25 Seconds Of Direct QuestioningOwl attackhttps://twitter.com/PersianRose1/status/731776250130235393Peter Gabriel on MusicThis is what your life looks like when you are a major dramatist writing plays in Italian and you’re boldly and publicly living-in-sin with a woman who should have been the Queen of England.Art-Camerahttp://mentalfloss.com/article/67770/there-video-game-where-you-just-take-care-succulentsHere’s what it’s like to be unable to visualize anythingFace recognition app taking Russia by storm may bring end to public anonymity See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.