tools
The world map that reboots your brain
Most maps grossly misrepresent the size of countries and contribute to confusion. Let's revise our tools to help us get better results.
Per Axbom
Writing, teaching and consulting for a safe, compassionate internet. Explaining risks and opportunities of digital so people can make better choices for themselves and for the wellbeing of others.
digital ethics
Killer robots hiding in plain sight
As more and more decisions about human fates are made by algorithms, a lack of accountability and transparency will elevate heartless treatment driven by efficiency devoid of empathy. Humans become mere data shadows.
Happy World Usability Day 2021
This year's theme is Design of our Online World: Trust, Ethics and Integrity. Here's what that means: * You are either building trust or destroying it. * Trust takes years to build, seconds to break and forever to repair. * Ethics means doing and making things with the wellbeing
design
High-speed threats in a shared public space
In this illustration, streets in a city scene are replaced by an abyss. There are people on the sidewalk, standing and walking, one holding a small child by the hand. One person is crossing the abyss on a plank, indicating a cross-walk. The illustration was commissioned for a report on
newsletter
A Facebook Issue
As many readers will be aware, I do not have a Facebook account. I go so far as blocking its related urls on my computer. And I do also try to avoid spending time unnecessarily talking about Facebook. Regretfully it continues to be that overarching shadow that will take another
newsletter
A Dubious Apple and Believing the Impossible
While it’s not a yet a win, and no time to relax, the fact that Apple are pausing their move into on-device mass surveillance is a good indicator of how activism and protests can make a difference. That said, it’s important to acknowledge that activism isn’t something
newsletter
Year of the Reboot
It’s been a tough year, going on two, from a wellbeing perspective. I just want to say: feeling exhausted, traumatised and disoriented is expected. For all of us. It’s natural to deflate when struggling to find breathing space in the midst of uncertainty, conflicting messaging and enforced restrictions.
design ethics
A Design Ethics Track for Yearlong Bite-Sized Learning
Per Axbom will be leading the Ambition Empower track: Design Ethics = Good Business.
digital ethics
Apple Child Safety Harms
How Apple is moving into mass surveillance. A walkthrough of all the risks.
compassion
Questions for self-reflection
This text is the content of my auto-reply (out of office message) during the summer of 2021. I always try to provide value back to the person trying to reach me. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello! I am sparingly checking e-mail during my personal downtime and upkeep. I'm back full-time on
visualisation
The topple of an iceberg: You're drawing it wrong
It turns out all those "tip of an iceberg"-drawings are giving the wrong idea.
digital guidance
Teaching Online
How to plan your days, communicate, listen, set up your room and tech, as well as a comprehensive list of tools that are helpful for online teaching.