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Published inUX CollectiveArchitecture & autocracyEvery few years a design critic writes about the questionable ethics of architects, desperate to build at any cost…Mar 21, 2022Mar 21, 2022
Published inUX CollectiveHolmes-land: Theranos, Polaroid and the legacy of dropoutsSuccessful college dropouts, especially those from legendary institutions like Harvard or Stanford, are part of the origin story for…Mar 18, 20221Mar 18, 20221
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