Social Design Notes

Human Rights in the US

2013-04-13T14:00:37Z

RT @Liberationtech: International Human Rights Body Seeking Answers on US Civil & Political Rights Record. aclu.org

Life Under Thatcher

2013-04-13T13:54:17Z

Life under Thatcher: Unemployment v Champagne Shipment to UK

Career Ambitions

2013-04-13T13:46:52Z

It’s amazing how much policy and program is excreted as a by-product of career ambitions.

Reality TV in Cambodia

2013-04-13T13:43:40Z

After 30 years, a son meets his father, after 30 years two sisters meet again — a reality TV show in Cambodia helps reunite families divided by the Khmer Rouge.

City of Dreams

2013-04-13T13:52:03Z

Neil Freeman: “More than physical space, a city is a set of cultural norms. A kind of shared dream.”

Ulysses Time

2013-03-26T14:43:03Z

Pebble watch face idea: Ulysses, abridged, in real-time over 24 hrs.

Pictures with Friends

2013-03-26T14:46:27Z

“People don’t go to a museum to see the newest exhibit… they go to see it with people they care about.” colleendilen.com/…

Bee Memory

2013-03-26T14:37:50Z

RT @annegalloway: #Bees can remember human faces, but only if they are tricked into thinking that we are strange flowers. http://harpers.org/findings?search=Bees

#freepussyriot

2013-03-26T14:41:54Z

Love this protest graphic. #freepussyriot

Note to China Hackers

2013-03-08T16:38:06Z

Hey #China hackers, if you want to help the motherland, could you at least get everyone off of #InternetExplorer 6?

When Troy Saved Its Library with a Book Burning Party

2013-02-13T12:11:05Z

A guerrilla marketing campaign uses outrage to drum up social media and mainstream media coverage, and dramatically redirects the framing of a proposed tax increase to save the local library.

Hoaxing the people you want to support you is a risky proposition. But this time it paid off. (via)

Since wars begin in the minds of men

2013-02-13T11:59:29Z

“Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that defences of peace must be constructed.” —UNESCO Constitution, 1945

The River of Freedom

2013-02-13T11:59:00Z

“The river of freedom has many stops.” – Ella, age 4.

What is the Definition of Manhood?

2013-02-06T20:05:36Z

Well done, Times of India. (source)

Iceland's Non-violent Revolution

2013-02-06T16:19:39Z

After the crash, Iceland's non-violent revolution.

What Capitalism Can't Fix

2013-02-06T16:08:52Z

“If you don’t understand capitalism’s role in contributing to a problem, you probably won’t be able to rely on capitalism to chart a path to the solution.”

— What Capitalism Can’t Fix, Harvard Business Review on public works and a concise teardown of some of the “social innovation” rhetoric.

Koch Revisionism

2013-02-06T16:48:36Z

RT @jcutbirth: Times revises Koch obituary to report "hundreds" of New Yorkers sick of dying of AIDS in the 80s. The number is actually closer to 30,000.

Former Guatemalan Dictator on Trial for Genocide

2013-02-06T16:21:39Z

Former Guatemalan dictator goes on trial for genocide! (via @democracynow)

One emergency from financial ruin

2013-02-06T16:49:40Z

RT @latimes: Nearly half of Americans are one emergency from financial ruin, study says.

The difference between talking about poverty and talking about extreme inequality.

2013-01-22T02:11:37Z

The difference between talking about poverty and talking about extreme inequality.