Designing for positive externalities
Designing for positive externalities When designing policies, products, or services, we should consider how they can create positive spillover effects or externalities that benefit society. Too often, businesses and organizations focus narrowly on financial returns without accounting for social impacts. But well-designed initiatives can simultaneously achieve an organization’s goals while also improving conditions for the […]
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Why blog? (Or, why should you read my blog?)
I have always wanted an outlet where I can write my thoughts and feelings. My English high school mentor would always say, “Write to express, not to impress!” To this day, I vividly remember those words.
Looking back at what I’ve written in the early 2010’s, I feel funny and embarrassed for myself. Yet, I don’t want to delete them because they reflect how I viewed things from a perspective of unabashed idealism and a hint of naivete. Most of them were written during my undergraduate college years.
Things change, time marches on, and we move along.
This virtual place is where I offer drops of my bits in this ever growing world of bytes. Hopefully, some drops will be powerful enough to create ripple effects.