Z. Bryant

Agrarian designer from Virginia. Principal at @JourneyGroup.

[Z. Bryant @zbryant]

"To design is to make decisions for others. Because it involves an exchange of power, however slight, design is best understood as a moral pursuit."

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It's telling how many designers are content to "change the world," with no moral or political specificity, no regard for unintended consequences, wrapped in a warm blanket of privileged optimism.

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@siriomi @eduiconf You're kind. It was truly a privilege to sit with such a group!

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@HeartSocialMdia @blk_amanda I can locate no better place for navigating morality in a free society than institutions. I'm open (and frankly, sort of eager) to being shown a better way of thinking about it, if there is one. It's not enough just to tear it down. That's why I think the conversation matters!

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@HeartSocialMdia @blk_amanda Thank you—sorry about that!

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@HeartSocialMdia @blk_amanda I think I understand what you're saying. At root, the question is whether we should use rhetoric and reason to undermine and replace lousy insitutions (an Enlightenment idea) or find a framework other than "institutions" for pursuing moral design.

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@HeartSocialMdia @blk_amanda I read it, but I may have missed something. Would you point me to what you mean?

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@HeartSocialMdia @blk_amanda Oh, it's absolutely not on her. She offered to do some research for our #moraldesign conversation, and I'm grateful for her contribution. Thank you for clarifying.

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@blk_amanda Even so, I'll hold the molotov cocktail while you light it. But we should probably have a blueprint for what we want to rebuild in the ashes. If not morals, markets and mediating institutions, then what? Excited to see what you find!

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@blk_amanda Thank you for posting this. Important to hold historical contexts carefully. Plenty of good and bad in Enlightenment thinking. But it's misguided to suggest that white supremacy and/or colonialism find their primary footing in thinkers like Smith. He was/is used by all sides.

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@mattigan Not sure, my friend. Maybe we should just get a pint and talk about it sometime...

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Just sat in a room full of strangers at #edUiconf and talked vulnerably and honestly about #moraldesign. It was amazing! Learned a ton. Thankful for all who participated and for the opportunity. It was a conversation I'll return to often.

I'm hopeful.

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@DanaMays That's powerful—and seems to hit on something really true about our present moment. Thank you!

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@TheAmbericanWay Thank you so much for participating. It was a great conversation!

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Thanks, @aneekuh! Really grateful for and inspired by our conversation this afternoon.

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What is our responsibility to #design well for an addiction-prone culture? @jeremydcherry weighs in: https://t.co/VWE1S3houi

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Hi! @JourneyGroup has a new website: https://t.co/XWyrytKa7d

Thanks in advance for checking it out.

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Hey, we're on the SXSW PanelPicker! Please consider giving us the ol' thumbs up: https://t.co/tsdHrBXPVl #moraldesign with @journeygroup

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@JonahNRO Please invite Leah Finnegan onto The Remnant. She's remarkable: https://t.co/kJBAajvAM0