Marta«UX optimization reorients the human toward delivery over discovery. You’re no longer hunting; you’re being served. Platforms track your behavior and give you more of what you already like. Spotify doesn’t ask you to browse—it predicts your vibe. It’s all so thoughtful, so personalized, so utterly numbing. When systems get good enough at anticipating your preferences, your preferences shrink. The feedback loop closes. Curiosity flattens.»
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/how-convenience-kills-curiosity/
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/how-convenience-kills-curiosity/
How Convenience Kills Curiosity
I’ve been thinking about the death of curiosity. Remember when you had to figure out how a new piece of software worked by poking around its menus? When finding an obscure fact meant wandering through library stacks, accidentally discovering three unrelated interesting things along the way? When getting somewhere
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