Eric LoPresti

Artist, aesthete, aereonaut, robot.

[Eric LoPresti @elopresti]

@UHC UHC has consistently obstructed care for my right knee injury. They are terrible. Complaint

[Eric LoPresti @elopresti]

Hands down the BEST explanation I've heard of how platforms capture users, consumers & producers into negative economic spirals, why that’s bad, and what to do about it.

Kudos @ezraklein @CoryDoctorow @superwuster for getting it right.

- UX tech pro

https://t.co/eb4S9O7ufu

[Eric LoPresti @elopresti]

@OspreyPacks Thank you for replacing my very-well-used Talon 22! Bought in 2020 during high covid, I've biked/hiked/ran/travelled with it literally every day since, thru hail, snow and fire. When I finally wore thru a part, your replacement policy kicked in and made my day. TY!

[Eric LoPresti @elopresti]

@Freakonomics At this stage, firms are learning how to exploit 'soft resources' — human traits like public trust, human happiness, mental health…

So long as these things are given no economic value, they will be mined to their limits for profit, breaking everything else along the way.

[Eric LoPresti @elopresti]

@Freakonomics Great that you focus on how companies exploit gaps in people's memories, decision-making-quirks, or willpower (aka ‘cognitive load’) to gain advantage.

[Eric LoPresti @elopresti]

@PANYNJ @MTA No signs at @JFKairport that A subway not running to Bklyn today— so you’ll take our money THEN NOT DELIVER SERVICE?

FU both MTA & Port Authority.
When you can’t work together you look bad together. #cheated @NYCMayorsOffice @GovernorNy

[Eric LoPresti @elopresti]

@BoseService But how can I customize the buttons? Not seeing any way to do that.

[Eric LoPresti @elopresti]

@Bose Love Bose noise reduction but when I upgraded from QC35 to QCUltra phones I was appalled at the user experience. Takes forever to turn on. Button functions scrambled/impossible to use. Bose app fights iOS bt. I design UX and this unfortunately is a step backwards. 🫣😭

[Eric LoPresti @elopresti]

@anylaurie16 I’ve just texted each of those numbers and subscribed super enthusiastically. So that should take the heat off you Laurie. 💕💕💕
- from your most loyal fan

[Eric LoPresti @elopresti]

@DAcemogluMIT

[Eric LoPresti @elopresti]

@PivotPod @profgalloway @karaswisher Please interview Daron Acemoglu about AI, automation and data ownership. He presents a very interesting understanding of the underlying market incentives to tech discruption, and has super innovative suggestions for change.

[Eric LoPresti @elopresti]

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[Eric LoPresti @elopresti]

@MTA Brooklyn F train failed to announce it was abrupty switching to express, stranding riders.
Why can you not communicate?
#complaint
@NYCTSubway

[Eric LoPresti @elopresti]

@JFKairport @Starbucks @MTA waited in 20 minute line only to find there are no decaffeinated options. No signs, so you can just wait for nothing. There is but one coffee shop in terminal 5 and it is always overwhelmed + overpriced.
How are NYC travelers being served? #sad

[Eric LoPresti @elopresti]

@MaryMWalsh @joshspero What is the meant by“have your paperwork in order”?

(Thank you in advance, asking for a friend)

[Eric LoPresti @elopresti]

Hey! my question is featured on the latest @PivotPod ! As an artist +ux designer who is deeply involved in tech, especially the kinds that pose existential risk, I asked a very dark question — and @karaswisher @profgalloway answered! 👋

[Eric LoPresti @elopresti]

So proud to contribute in my small way to Xylem's global mission to Solve Water.

💧 🙌 💧

Xylem - Humanitarian Response to Türkiye & Syria Earthquake

In early 2023, a devastating 7.8 earthquake in south-eastern Türkiye, near the Syrian border, lead to…https://t.co/kNr8LEcf6z

[Eric LoPresti @elopresti]

At Xylem, we know that water is critical infrastructure for cities and societies around the world. It can also be used as a weapon. Xylem's mission is to 'Solve Water' but we can't always solve everything, and this is probably an e…https://t.co/et2C6wcb5V https://t.co/ejT4vcHlOL

[Eric LoPresti @elopresti]

@PivotPod @profgalloway you deploy the word 'creative' a lot in the latest pod but both historically and relative to AI that concept is without definition. Care to tell us what creativity is, who's special enough to have it & why they're somehow immune 2 AI?
-artist+UXer+realist

[Eric LoPresti @elopresti]

I am thinking of my many friends and co-workers who experienced a layoff the past year. Without exception these are amazing professionals doing stellar work. A company would be lucky to have them, but given the slump in the tech ec…https://t.co/akJoWfQSth https://t.co/wlqv00gfYR