Default Bias: Who chose your settings?

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People pull toward pre-selected options rather than actively choosing alternatives. When a choice arrives with one option already set, most people leave it in place, regardless of whether it reflects their actual preference. The friction of changing something, combined with the implicit signal that the pre-set option is normal or recommended, produces consistent gravity toward … Weiterlesen

Can VR treat addiction?

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Design challenges and limitations for VR addiction treatment Image created with AI tool ElevenLabs Addiction is a chronic, relapsing condition, and most people who struggle with it cycle through multiple rounds of treatment before achieving lasting recovery. However, stigma keeps many people from seeking care in the first place, and even those who do often … Weiterlesen

Designing for AI, the permalink problem, vibe designing

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Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. “We have extraordinary capability and almost no shared conventions for handing it to people — no settled patterns, no agreed vocabulary (ambient, really? They’re just fancy Cron Jobs), half the tooling still being written as we use it, literally by the technology itself. The tools are remarkable; the ground under them … Weiterlesen