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jslee

if you haven't already, also check out GM's "Design for Dreaming" short film. The thing that really stood out for me in it was that they were able to imagine a bunch of tech marvels, like kitchen gadgets, but the idea that maybe women might not actually want to be stuck in the home ... was apparently a step too far

Jonathan Greenlee

@jon some of the photos (Newpaper versions from inside factories) are so hard to see. If appropriate, do you think upscaling might help?

Sqand

The number of parallels to the software industry today are so large as to be uncomfortable.