Wonderful piece. Definitely whenever I use single use plastic I think about how this has been optimized for my few seconds of enjoyment and in total disregard for the centuries of consequence for living systems.
I guess the cynic in me fears that without these other life systems being represented economically this type of design will stay in the fringe—because what is profitable is to optimize for the paying user.
Thanks Alexandra. Yeah I don’t know if that’s cynical, I think it’s pretty realistic. Sometimes I wrestle with whether it’s more possible to completely overhaul these big immovable systems or to incrementally change them from within.
Reading this I realize that if I accept the world as it is, I am able to see what is in my ability to do. Incremental change is probably my only option.
The LX lens is very powerful, I wish you great success in spreading it far and wide.
Wonderful piece. Definitely whenever I use single use plastic I think about how this has been optimized for my few seconds of enjoyment and in total disregard for the centuries of consequence for living systems.
I guess the cynic in me fears that without these other life systems being represented economically this type of design will stay in the fringe—because what is profitable is to optimize for the paying user.
Thanks Alexandra. Yeah I don’t know if that’s cynical, I think it’s pretty realistic. Sometimes I wrestle with whether it’s more possible to completely overhaul these big immovable systems or to incrementally change them from within.
Reading this I realize that if I accept the world as it is, I am able to see what is in my ability to do. Incremental change is probably my only option.
The LX lens is very powerful, I wish you great success in spreading it far and wide.
Great piece, Jay!