Proximity is not belonging
Being near people is not the same as feeling part of what is happening around you. Physical places create shared context; digital systems rarely make that context socially…
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The missing place layer in the tech stack
Physical places still hold human life, yet the digital stack often skips a place-native layer between the street and apps, feeds and AI. This thesis piece asks what…
Good technology knows when to disappear
The best digital experience may be the one that gets out of the way. When a product only wins by holding attention, its incentive can fight human presence.…
Attention is not infinite inventory
Not every minute of human attention needs to become inventory. That looks like a product problem; it is really an incentive and context problem. This article argues that…
Person, place, people: what communities lost when they went online
Moving communities online made Person → Person effortless — and quietly stripped out the place. This article explores why belonging still needs physical context, what Person → Place…
Making the map capable of commerce
Most UK retail still happens outside purely online channels, yet digital discovery often begins with a typed query rather than the place in front of you. This article…