A century ago, Le Corbusier looked at chaotic industrial cities and concluded the problem was design. Cities, he argued, should work like machines. Organize housing, traffic, work, and recreation into clean systems, and the city…
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The Harder You Push
There’s a kind of exhaustion that isn’t about workload. The work gets done, your reviews are fine, and you’re not slacking. But something’s off. Not broken, just slightly wrong: like wearing a shoe on the…
Modern Work, Industrial Logic
We work in digital environments, but our systems still run on factory settings. You’d think today’s work systems were designed for the complexity, creativity, and connectivity of modern life. They’re not. Despite the software, the…