The Story of Technological Progress is Not a Given: A Review of Power and Progress
The cultural sector has to change its ideas about progress and technology.
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What I'm Reading
A collection of 39 posts
Tough Love for the DEI Industry: A Review of DEI Deconstructed
A 2022 book has a damning analysis of why DEI hasn't worked so far—and how understanding org culture better is the first step to real change.
The View from Up There: a Review of The Future of the Museum: 28 Dialogues by András Szántó
A 2020 leader-focused book on the future of museums is more than meets the eye.
Museum Luddites, Revisited: A Review of Blood in the Machine by Brian Merchant
A new book connect the Luddite uprising of the 1810s to current tech-directed work.
The Top Museum Human Posts of 2023
Museum Human readers in 2023 enjoyed interviews almost as much as reading about quiet quitting.
Complexity, Simplicity, and Collapse, Part 3: You Are Here
Museums use hierarchy to deal with complexity, but confronting collapse requires something else.
Complexity, Simplicity, and Collapse, Part 2: Vibepocalyse Now
Is facing up to our dire reality really just a matter of vibes?
Complexity, Simplicity, and Collapse, Part 1: A Review of Museums and Societal Collapse
A short book with a simple message brings in much about a complex world.
We Are All Standing on the Edge
As we teeter on the edges of so many problems, can we take in all that we're facing?
Links of the Week: July 21, 2023: Quarter Dump
The jury is still out on the future of workplaces.