On this episode, Jessica and Michael discuss how IKEA is designing
shelters for refugees, and Facebook wants to
provide refugees with Wi-Fi from flying drones. Michael observes:
Private companies are stepping into the breach to launch initiatives that I think fifty years ago, sixty years ago would've been thought to have been the purview of governments or international organizations.
Also mentioned:
Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, amended
Craig Mod, Future Reading
John Seabrook, The Song Machine
Patti Smith, M Train
New York Times Adrian Frutiger obituary
Molly Heintz remembers Phil Patton
Phil Patton, The Coffee Lids Story
Thanks to Blurb for sponsoring this episode.
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