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375 American acceptionalism 374 AI and the propaganda of inevitability 373 Offloading risk, distributing fear 372 Friction-maxxing through 2026? 371 What our work weighs 370 New(ish) look, same insanity 369 How car culture drives us apart 368 When feeds replaced forests 367 From anti-system to part of the system 366 How to work beside AI instead of under it 365 Breaking up with the nuclear family 364 When independence meets reality 363 What do we owe young men? 362 Profit in the wound 361 All we watch are millionaires 360 Being governed by Reply Guys 359 The white logic of minimalism 358 The feed no longer surprises but sedates 357 Refunded: no power to you! 356 Like a horse stung by a wasp 355 Big Tech’s subsidised empire-building 354 Design’s reckoning: who really pays? 353 Between less wrong and almost right 352 The case for staying put 351 Imaginary lines, convenient blame 350 Move fast, break democracy 349 The tyranny of being reachable 348 Expertise as a status threat 347 Trickle-down empathy? 346 In defence of hard work 345 Taste as resistance to the feeds 344 Betting on people, not pensions 343 The map is not the territory 342 Navigating by aliveness 341 Living in the friction economy 340 Cold equations: the tyranny of efficiency 339 The age of engineered isolation  338 The comfort class bubble 337 Productivity’s empty promise 336 Culture’s journey down the sales funnel 335 The gig economy’s soggy delivery 334 Parent or not: finding networks of care 333 Knowingness: a modern disease 332 Beyond the manosphere’s binary trap 331 The radical act of building a village 330 Principles vs. paycheques – rejecting a false binary 329 The hollowed world of the appistocracy 328 What do you *like* to do? 327 Individual growth, collective crisis 326 When enough outrage is enough 325 The sterile future *they* want 324 Suburban tanks and secondhand smoke 323 The Great Unscrolling 322 The tools that use us 321 Unmaking the extractive class 320 Resisting algorithmic comfort 319 Looking for comfort in collapse 318 Fighting cynicism, choosing joy 317 The human scale of care 316 The metrics mirage of do-good capitalism 315 Designing out recklessness 314 We need presence, not punditry 313 The false promise of ‘unplugging’ 312 A worldview centred around cultural grievances 311 The fallacy of faster 310 Crafting work on your own terms 309 Get curious, not furious 308 Cultivating care in the ‘Long Emergency’ 307 The illusion of online activism 306 Belonging in a world of othering 305 Life’s fuzzy math 304 Beyond convenience: a truly smart home 303 Puppy love and algorithmic overload 302 The pitfalls of political centrism 301 Kids, cars and community: a street reimagined 300 A new community for DD readers 299 Why neighbourhood stories matter 298 The quiet power of parasocial influence 297 Marketing with a heart: resonance over reach 296 VIP society: the egalitarian myth 295 Careless technology & the convenience mirage 294 Calling out wealth supremacy in action 293 Is self-expression just conformity in disguise? 292 Navigating trains and tensions in Europe 291 How equity investment ru(i)ns entertainment 290 On the allure of ultra-affordable fashion 289 How drug decriminalisation is and isn’t working out 288 How to stop funding climate wreckers 287 We need a much wilder internet 286 Travelling at the speed of the soul 285 The return of human scale cities 284 The cheer-me-up we all need: pub choirs 283 Why the world cannot afford the rich 282 How to remain open to the possibility of being wrong 281 Why reducing space for cars is good for drivers 280 Why chasing scale makes you need therapy 279 The self-promotion treadmill of the ‘personal brand’ 278 Justice and the Veil of Ignorance 277 Ultra-processed foods are the new tobacco 276 Why we need new relationship models 275 A reflection on conflict, prejudice and solidarity 274 In search of the adult version of ‘playing freely on the street’ 273 How our language shapes our thinking 272 How social connectedness affects life expectancy 271 The ethical dilemmas of travelling the world 270 A good life = a healthy sense of temporality 269 ’Tis the season... for tending to the inner garden of the soul 268 The waning days of the craft of coding 267 The most important metric for creative work: resonance 266 When critical thinking is no longer enough, learn critical ignoring 265 Sedated by consumerist self-care 264 Changing the story from consumer to citizen 263 To expand your worldview, seek unusual couplings 262 Technology is a convenience mirage 261 A weekend of place-making 260 So, what are we to make of ‘machine art’? 259 Returning to a safe operating space 258 I’m just a lurker now 257 How much discomfort is the whole world worth? 256 Healing ourselves to heal the planet 255 What if we abandoned land ownership? 254 To be less climate anxious, become a person of place 253 Do we travel for transformation or validation? 252 Why we’re increasingly allergic to modern life 251 “Optimistic but dissatisfied is the road to progress.” 250 My favourite issues of DD 249 What are men for in the modern world? 248 Tips on how to read well 247 Can we calculate our way into love for nature? 246 “The West makes good design while the rest do crafts.” 245 Imagine rent costing only 4% of your income 244 A suburbia of human scale and speed 243 Human interaction - vs - self-service tech 242 Housing that fosters belonging 241 The emergence of ‘the global standard diet’ 240 The stupefying power of convenience 239 On our innate affinity for living things 238 The joy of ‘angles’ and ‘demons’ reclaiming our streets 237 Embracing a future of less 236 The mind-boggling complexity of making silicon wafers 235 The family unit upgraded: friends included 234 The end of aesthetic individualism? 233 The messiness of democratic progress 232 The transformational experience of being time rich 231 Switching from consumption to connection 230 How stupidly big cars make everything worse 229 Getting personal with Friends of DD 228 Ecovillages as a template for a regenerative way of life? 227 The return to human-scale architecture? 226 Travelling with the English language bonus 225 Contemplating natural limits and boundaries 224 ‘What would happen if I do nothing?’ 223 Seeking solidarity with Gunda the pig 222 The non-stop struggle to look ‘normal’ 221 ‘Being nice’ as a form of oppression 220 No more elections: democracy by lottery 219 Ending 2022 with a stadium full of DD readers 218 Where to channel our climate protest outrage 217 Alternatives to Retail Christmas 216 Every job can be a climate job 215 The lucrative scam of water in a bottle 214 The thankless task of representing others 213 The freedom drivers were promised and cyclists enjoy 212 The cure for jet lag? 211 Prioritising & scaling individual action 210 How ‘ark head’ insulates us from the troubles of the world 209 France’s citizen-led climate experiment 208 Marketing for people that hate marketing 207 A taste of the future of mobility 206 A guest poem while I’m out on a hike... 205 Some housekeeping & survey results 204 “Minimise the machine. Let humanity thrive.” 203 Taxes, taxes, taxes. All the rest is bullshit. 202 How the Shifting Baseline Syndrome makes us see temples not ruins 201 The true cost of owning a car is just astounding 200 Celebrating four years of DD! 199 Housing for people, not profit 198 War-life balance in Kyiv 197 On leisure travel and experience obesity 196 Towards internal accountability 195 The proliferation of stuff 194 Moving out of the potentiality space 193 Adjusting to loan time scales 192 Work is not life’s product, but its currency. 191 Wanted: YIMBYs and QIMBYs 190 Seasons as pacemakers 189 Fines, preferences and sausages 188 Being of service to others 187 Time for another ‘digital reset’ 186 Startup brain only knows scale 185 Indentured spiritual servitude in the ‘creator economy’ 184 When busyness and fatigue strikes... 183 The placeless generations 182 Time sovereignty – vs – society’s rhythms 181 A case for pessimism 180 Constructive journalism: what now? 179 The War Diary of Yevgenia Belorusets 178 Following the news – between self-care and victim mentality 177 Some personal highlights from past issues 176 Creating space for solitude 175 Perspectives from an imperfect plant eater 174 What does a hobby feel like? 173 The curse of car dependency 172 Freebies that end up costing all of us 171 A fragile system reliant on reciprocity 170 DD is back and so is productivity guilt 169 The (abbreviated) year in review 168 Provocations for quantifying the good life 167 An economy measured in well-being 166 Wanted: a positive internet future 165 On the inconvenience of other people 164 The tipping point race 163 Normalising planet-centric, needs-driven architecture 162 Offscreen anniversary & going ‘all in’ with DD 161 Restarting real life 160 Imagine crossing a road when it’s no longer a road 159 Log ergonomics and magic pills 158 Poof! Pain gone. 157 How to live more affordably, more sustainably – together 156 Cruise ships vs composting toilets: ways of alternative living 155 Being a node for social contagion 154 A quiet celebration of make-do creativity 153 Giving up on ambition 152 The foolishness of ranking intelligence 151 A march towards supremacy 150 Discounts for Friends, quizzes for everyone! 149 Beware of the Tube Man 148 A printed DD zine? 147 On the privilege of activism 146 Now the click hole goes with you 145 The phases that make you you 144 ‘The Cloud is on the ground’ 143 Denis Diderot and your new headphones 142 The upward creep of material desire 141 Progress based on compassion, not convenience 140 Ubuntu: ‘I am because we are.’ 139 On mental reorganising (and offsetting 40 tons of carbon) 138 Work morals vs. home morals 137 The time loop of periodical publishing 136 The mirage of ‘corporate care’ 135 The colourful underbelly of ‘innovation’ 134 The illusion of self-reliance 133 Settling into crunch mode 132 Compounding (in)action: the future we get 131 Reaching ‘human needs’ level of productivity 130 Waving from the other side (I hope) 129 A hand-made, home-made newsletter 128 New: a searchable index of all DD issues 127 ‘Maybe don’t!’ startup advice 126 The pessimism we need for a positive future 125 Design (What is it good for?) 124 YOU DON’T NEED THIS 123 About getting older and closing doors 122 Same sh*t, different smell? 121 Reading for work and for pleasure 120 Book rehab: unlearning the data mining 119 To a more sturdy year ahead 118 This year’s best of (sort of) 117 An antidote to the hype cycles 116 Building homes for Aquaman 115 Normalising no-gift holidays 114 To be of service to others 113 The season finale 112 And so here we are... 111 ‘Being in power’ vs. ‘being empowering’ 110 Here’s to the maintainers! 109 Learning how to listen. Really listen. 108 The reciprocity of thoughtfulness 107 Become a Friend of DD 106 In frugal hibernation mode 105 Living the (not so) simple life 104 How are *you* doing? 103 Join the time rebellion! 102 Your brain as a mixing console 101 Living by a peace narrative 100 Five and a half years of newslettering 99 Issue 99 98 Issue 98 97 Issue 97 96 Issue 96 95 Issue 95 94 Issue 94 93 Issue 93 92 Issue 92 91 Issue 91 90 Issue 90 89 Issue 89 88 Issue 88 87 Issue 87 86 Issue 86 85 Issue 85 84 Issue 84 83 Issue 83 82 Issue 82 81 Issue 81 80 Issue 80 79 Issue 79 78 Issue 78 77 Issue 77 76 Issue 76 75 Issue 75 74 Issue 74 73 Issue 73 72 Issue 72 71 Issue 71 70 Issue 70 69 Issue 69 68 Issue 68 67 Issue 67 66 Issue 66 65 Issue 65 64 Issue 64 63 Issue 63 62 Issue 62 61 Issue 61 60 Issue 60 59 Issue 59 58 Issue 58 57 Issue 57 56 Issue 56 55 Issue 55 54 Issue 54 53 Issue 53 52 Issue 52 51 Issue 51 50 Issue 50 49 Issue 49 48 Issue 48 47 Issue 47 46 Issue 46 45 Issue 45 44 Issue 44 43 Issue 43 42 Issue 42 41 Issue 41 40 Issue 40 39 Issue 39 38 Issue 38 37 Issue 37 36 Issue 36 35 Issue 35 34 Issue 34 33 Issue 33 32 Issue 32 31 Issue 31 30 Issue 30 29 Issue 29 28 Issue 28 27 Issue 27 26 Issue 26 25 Issue 25 24 Issue 24 23 Issue 23 22 Issue 22 21 Issue 21 20 Issue 20 19 Issue 19 18 Issue 18 17 Issue 17 16 Issue 16 15 Issue 15 14 Issue 14 13 Issue 13 12 Issue 12 11 Issue 11 10 Issue 10 9 Issue 9 8 Issue 8 7 Issue 7 6 Issue 6 5 Issue 5 4 Issue 4 3 Issue 3 2 Issue 2 1 Issue 1

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