With the amount of Care they are professing towards humanity and each other, it seems odd that the portrait seems to be photoshopped or generated or both.
There’s an argument that how it’s made shouldn’t matter anymore I suppose, but it doesn’t look good and evokes an uncomfortable sense of uncanny valley
It all seems like billionaires whispering to other billionaires about how committed they are to a future for which they have no real vision other than themselves playing a world-scale pivotal role.
I also think there's another interesting angle. This is historic in one sense. Industrial designers used to be guns for hire- they would create designs and take them to finished prototypes and hand them over to their clients. Usually, they got paid a pittance. Here a designer has built a company that will make products and sold it for $6 billion.
You have to read Emily Keegin's Instagram stories about the insane photography choices for this announcement while they're still up!
Ahhhh!!!!
With the amount of Care they are professing towards humanity and each other, it seems odd that the portrait seems to be photoshopped or generated or both.
There’s an argument that how it’s made shouldn’t matter anymore I suppose, but it doesn’t look good and evokes an uncomfortable sense of uncanny valley
It all seems like billionaires whispering to other billionaires about how committed they are to a future for which they have no real vision other than themselves playing a world-scale pivotal role.
None of this feels like it’s for people at all.
I also think there's another interesting angle. This is historic in one sense. Industrial designers used to be guns for hire- they would create designs and take them to finished prototypes and hand them over to their clients. Usually, they got paid a pittance. Here a designer has built a company that will make products and sold it for $6 billion.
I like your take here Carly, thank you. I’m cautious, but holding onto hope … because if we lose that - what do we have left?
FWIW, here are my thoughts : https://open.substack.com/pub/growwithadamjennings/p/design-power-and-possibility-my-take?utm_source=app-post-stats-page&r=43emw6&utm_medium=ios
Would love to hear your POV