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Uber has crossed the line from motivating employees to actively manipulating them — Quartz

qz.com/930860/what-is-the-purpose-of-happiness/
The gig economy is supposed to be a tradeoff: In exchange for foregoing the stability of a steady income and health benefits, workers get more freedom and flexibility. But it’s becoming increasingly clear that, in some cases, workers are giving up a lot more than they get in return. A recent article in the New...

Mathematics Into Type - Ellen Swanson, Arlene Ann O'Sean, Antoinette Tingley Schleyer - Google Books

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This edition, updated by Arlene O'Sean and Antoinette Schleyer of the American Mathematical Society, brings Ms. Swanson's work up to date, reflecting the more technical reality of publishing today. While it includes information for copy editors, proofreaders, and production staff to do a thorough, traditional copyediting and proofreading of a manuscript and proof copy, it is increasingly more useful to authors, who have become intricately involved with the typesetting of their manusc...

How We Write Proposals in My Design Studio – A List Apart Sidebar – Medium

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AS THE HEAD of a newish design studio, I spend a fair amount of time writing proposals. And here’s how I like to do it. I do it like a conversation, and that’s how we start: with phone calls and…

Creating Usability with Motion: The UX in Motion Manifesto

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The following manifesto represents my answer to the question — “As a UX or UI, designer, how do I know when and where to implement motion to support usability?” Over the last 5 years, it has been my…

Algorithm-Driven Design — How AI is Changing Design by Yury Vetrov

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Will Robots Replace Designers? No. It's more like an exoskeleton for designers. Algorithm-driven design tools can help us to construct a UI, prepare assets and content, and personalize the user experience.

Why people prefer unequal societies : Nature Human Behaviour

nature.com/articles/s41562-017-0082
Inequality and unfairness are not the same thing. Starmans, Sheskin and Bloom summarize evidence showing that people are bothered not by economic inequality, but rather by economic unfairness.