AI is NOT Coming for Your Museum Job (but Someone Else May Be)—Part 1

Does anyone actually know what AI is capable of—and who will suffer in trying to figure that out?

The Museum Doctors: Interview with Jose Antonio Gordillo Martorell of Cultural Inquiry

What if museums didn't just listen to children and communities, but did what they were told?

Are We Listening? Review of The Persuaders, Part 1

A new book calls out callout culture, but does it practice the deep listening it advocates?

Links of the Week: February 10, 2023: Tech and friends

Tech was supposed to make the world safe for everything, but it's mostly been good for corporate profits so far.

Links of the Week: January 27, 2023: Rights and Royalties

You can tell a lot about a society by what it values.

The Resignation Might Be Great, but is It Real?

How the Great Resignation, Quiet Quitting, and Hybrid/Remote work interrelate

Links of the Week: January 6, 2023: R U (Still) Masking?

The new year starts with a lot of links but a lot less masking …

Links of the Week: August 26, 2022: More on the Long View

Taking a long view without centering humanity is no view at all.

Links of the Week: May 6, 2022: Museums and More

Museums may not get enough attention in this economy—but they may be important canaries in the coal mine.

Links of the Week: February 25, 2022: Financialize This

Museums and their workers should avoid financialization in this desperate economy.

Links of the Week: February 11, 2022: Let This Be Your Last Fake News

All the news that isn't can come from anywhere.

Links of the Week: January 21, 2022: Traumatic Times

Exploitation around many individual issues is adding up to big trauma for museum workers.

Links of the Week: December 17, 2021: Everything Must Go, part 3

Museum Human finishes the year with links about hybrid work, tech, NFTs, and capitalism.

Museums Can't Monetize Content before They Value People

Is museum organizational culture set up to allow for the fair valuation of content—and people?

Personality Types, Personas, and Uncertainty in Museum Work

Personality tests and personas come from the same organizational obsession with absolute certainty.