#ResilienceTech Briefing / August 2022

John Maeda
3 min readAug 17, 2022
The word ‘resilience’ spinning upside down to reveal the word ‘adversity’

This is a regular (delayed) re-post of my plaintext #nolinks monthly #ResilienceTech briefing that you can sign up for here 👉 http://eepurl.com/c9OjRX

Four Things That I’m Thinking About #ResilienceTech

* Modern neuroscience tells us how we store and process information depends upon our emotional state, which easily triggers the “fight or flight” response.

  • Technologies that are designed to empower our understanding of events at hand, as well as to respond quickly, ultimately depend upon our personal fortitude.
  • We can either overcome a calamity or get overcome by it. The likelihood that we’re able to take on inevitable failures correlates to our confidence in self-renewal.
  • “I can tell you that for renewal, a tough-minded optimism is best. The future is not shaped by people who don’t really believe in the future.” — John W. Gardner

Three Things I’ve Noticed In The Last 30 Days

  • Wildfires in France have been trending this month — triggered by rising drought conditions. Reminder: Rain not only stops fires but also prevents fires by keeping plants wet. Drought dries out vegetation and turns plants into an optimal fuel source for fires. The scientific term “Fuel

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John Maeda

John Maeda: Technologist and product experience leader that bridges business, engineering, design via working inclusively. Currently VP Design and A.I. at MSFT.