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81. Cameron Tonkinwise

Scratching the Surface

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The Politics of Design

Designers should be thinking about their role in this, stood in much of a way. The fact that we had the Holocaust in the 20th century doesn't seem to have convinced a lot of people that one needs to be extra vigilant about all forms of racism. Design is also a taste politics and it's any designer whose mid-century elegance is what causes something to be seen as liberal so you play a part in that. And then the second is just a kind of thing. Like right now, I need to drop every other project and only think about decarbonizingOnly think about reducing energy consumption. Only think about materials intensity reduction. You know, like there's 101 things you could

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