"Machine learning is an ostensibly technical field crashing increasingly on human questions." – Brian Christian (The Alignment Problem) Some current readings that are shaping our thoughts:

Here is a sneak peek of our forthcoming story on How to measure diversity. Diversity reflects the variety in land use mix, income groups, and demographics within a geographic area. Paradoxically, the most diverse cities are often the most segregated.

🎬 An excellent documentary dedicated to the life and work of Douglas Engelbart - one of the visionaries of human-computer interaction of the 50s and 60s. youtube.com/watch?v=_7ZtISeG…

Apollo's archives provide some great examples of interface design. Hundreds of controls and displays were located in the cabin of the command module. The four basic types were toggle switches, rotary switches, thumbwheels, and push-buttons.🚀hq.nasa.gov/alsj/CSM10_Displ…

A couple of decades later, Charles and Ray Eames released a short documentary inspired by Boeke's 40 jumps. The movie is recognized as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and explores the notions of scale even more vividly. youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDj…

"I began the project because of the importance of developing a sense of scale" - We love to revisit Kees Boeke's legendary 40 jumps through space. The cover is an excellent example of #smallmultiples. 👉vendian.org/mncharity/cosmic…

Learn more about the design and development of the @MTA NYC Subway "live map" in a new short documentary by @gary_hustwit. Great work by @workandco via @FPlanCroissant vimeo.com/469980256

A wonderful tool by @ITDP_HQ explaining what walkability is, how to measure it, and why cities that are good for babies are good for the entire population.👏 pedestriansfirst.itdp.org/

From 1965 to 1969, Hansjörg Mayer published 26 issues of an influential visual poetry broadsheet named after Futura typeface. Some of our favorite pieces include Peter Schmidt's "programmed squares," Frieder Nake's "computer grafik," and Wolf Vostell's "de coll age." 🤓

@brooklynhistory just launched their new Map Portal providing public access to nearly 1,500 digitized maps: mapcollections.brooklynhisto… It's a beautiful collection!👏 via @Jill_hubley #mapping