Urban decay tourism :) (great pictures)

Never too old to learn.

• I believe in fundamentals.
• Adaptation, evolution. Design = solve the problem. (So changeable design > unchangeable design.)
• Community = group that works together.
• Group -> social -> trust.
• Trust each other to get things done.
• Our environment is everyone else.
• You want to be unique but also fit in. You feel lonely.
• So you form an “identity”, so you can fit in but be apart. A representation of yourself.

Identity:

• Create an outside world we can control. Collect. Music. Home. Friends we trust. World is not so scary then. 
• Can also create inside world we control: yoga, music, meditation, learning, …
• EVERYONE is doing this.

“A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone” (Thoreau)

Social design = facilitate communication.

• People just need to talk.
• Need identity, trust.
• People need connection.

Social Graph (nodes & edges).

• If you write it out, forms a narrative. Story.
• Narrative leads to identity: this is me. This is what I did.
• The connections give things life.
• Graph is very valuable information.

Stream.

• Don’t hide info, show it all in feed.
• Keeps going, like life.

Collections.

• Pile of things that I like.

Feedback.

• When something happens, send feedback (like, pin, repin, tag, …).

“Virtuous cycle of sharing” -> enough stuff and connections so it grows.

Might as well build things that bring people together.