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Season 7—Spring 2026 · 14 episodes · Through-line: the human architecture of institutional change

Boring AI
is Good AI

Gordon

Why AI Scaffolding
Matters More than Use Cases

Decentralized
AI is the Future

Canonical
Knowledge is Key

What AI as
Cheap Prediction Means

Cheap Prediction,
Expensive Change

Folk Law &
Fax Machines

Inside The
Infinity Machine

Crisis Is
Your Opening

The Confabulation
Machine

No Strategy
Without Vision

When Agents Have
Wallets, Trust Is Currency

Nuclear Fusion,
No Power Lines

The Checklist Your
Deck Is Missing

Knowing Before
Doing

The Pyramid Was
Always Wrong

Barzun ← Latest

Contributing Author

Heather Wydeven

Associate User Experience DEsigner

Heather Wydeven is an Associate UX Designer at The Nerdery in Minneapolis, MN. Her background in theatre and graphic design, combined with frustrating online experiences, drove her to discover user experience. Heather quickly developed a passion for making those experiences better for everyone, and in 2013 entered the field through the UX apprenticeship at The Nerdery.

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Class of 2014

"Yes, and" the Improv of UX

2014-04-24◆ Class of 2014