#DigitalSystems don’t need to fail to become fragile.
When identity, email, documents, payments, and communication all depend on the same upstream platforms, we create classic single-point-of-failure risk.
Everything can be “working as designed” — and still be brittle.
Resilience isn’t about rejecting platforms. It’s about decoupling, redundancy, portability, and preserving options.
A #systems_engineering reminder: stability ≠ resilience.
When computers entered the homes it was often as toys or toy-like artifacts: These machines, usually called “home computers“, were often used like gaming consoles with magazines giving you code to type in to have simple games on them. Their use was limited to people who wanted to play arcade games without losing all your […]
Wired for Collapse: How Digital Systems Hijack Human Resilience
Digital tools shape more than behavior—they shape what we notice, what we ignore, and whether we act.
This piece explores how algorithmic saturation and aestheticized crisis quietly erode civic agency and emotional bandwidth.
Read here →https://redefine.pt/2025/07/03/wired-for-collapse/
#DigitalSystems #CivicDesign #EmotionalLiteracy #resilience #democraticbacksliding
📢#OutNow in #OA: '#DigitalTransformation: Understanding #BusinessGoals, #Risks, #Processes, and #Decisions' by Mathias Cöster, Mats Danielson, Love Ekenberg, Cecilia Gullberg, Gard Titlestad, Alf Westelius and Gunnar Wettergren.
Unlike many other books on #digitaltransformation, the authors do not dwell on #database design or the details of implementing information systems. Instead, they emphasise the importance of a clear understanding of all aspects of an organisation in order to effectively implement and manage #digitalsystems, from #businessgoals and #strategies to structuring information and making decisions, #riskassessments, #projectmanagement, #organising, and procuring services and products.
Organised in eleven chapters, and drawing on examples from all over the world, this book will be of interest to university students of #businessadministration, #management, #informationsystems, and #computerscience.
Access at https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0350
Whilst digitisation is far from a new concept, many assume that simply introducing automation and information systems in various forms will be enough to make their organisation’s operations more efficient. This misconception can often lead to disarray and costly mistakes. Digital Transformation: Understanding Business Goals, Risks, Processes, and Decisions shows how to avoid such issues via careful consideration of what an enterprise really needs.
Jurgens Pieterse
Ecologia Digital
Association REDefine
ICalzada
David Delgado Vendrell
Open Book Publishers