Field Notes

Field notes

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8 posts · updated 27 Apr 2026
27 Apr 2026
The Hard Lines of BeliefThe possibility in any situation is partly gated by imagination. When people fail to act, the cause is often the absence of a mental model that places the actio
26 Apr 2026
Critical Design MethodsIf critical thinking is missing in a lot of designers these days, what would it look like in practice for them to bring it to their work? It’s easy to be critic
26 Apr 2026
Finite and Infinite GamesBook by James Carse The whole book runs on one distinction. Some games are played to end. Some games are played to keep going. Everything else follows from what
26 Apr 2026
AI and the Creative Act: Learning from the artistic processThe anxiety is real. AI has reached capability levels where it can outcompete humans at high-quality productivity across a remarkable range of work, and it is l
26 Apr 2026
Selection at Scale: On Writing With AIWriting is not a single activity. People write as an art form, to think, to communicate, to document, to argue. A poet laboring over a single word and an engine
26 Apr 2026
Dawn of everythingDawn of everything THE DAWN OF EVERYTHING creators and enforcers of systems of justice. Such with the Natchez too. The Great Sun was said to be descended from a
26 Apr 2026
CultivationJudgment, ripened in ambiguity and shaped by consequence Judgment doesn’t flourish in a vacuum of certainty. It develops when choices must be made amid conflict
26 Apr 2026
Why This Direction, Why NowThe most verifiable argument isn’t about AI adoption or competitive pressure. It’s about medium mismatch. Figma is a static tool. The experiences we are being a