Happy New Year, readers! We’ve missed you and are quite excited to get back to writing about all the weird and wonderful. In this issue we go deep on why web3 will probably become web2 redux, interactions with information beyond the infinite list, and the latest gadgets that may someday…

We can have video games and we can have electric cars, but you probably shouldn’t put them together. This week, we look at how to tell the bad ideas from the good ones, how we might undo some of the worst ones to make things more humane for everyone, and…

Buckle in, friends, because today we try super hard to get excited about Web3. (We manage to find begrudging acceptance, but stop well short of excitement.) We also touch on Facebook’s surprising announcement on privacy and why the company may be destined for the ash heap of history. Stay tuned…

Welcome back to Six Signals! We missed writing this (though the wedding was a blast!), and hopefully, you missed reading it as well. Grab some leftover Halloween candy and settle in for a re-imagining of books, a slower social network, and some tips on making better predictions. — Alexis &…

This issue of Six Signals comes to you just two days before the autumnal equinox, so if you live in the Northern Hemisphere, your days have been and will continue to be getting shorter. It seems the news is following suit: we had a hard time finding a balance of…

As product designers, we are responsible for empathizing with our users. …

Is the present moment one of catastrophe or renewal? How do you imagine non-obvious futures? How might we think about privacy and trust in nuanced ways? This week, we dig into these questions, with links to some truly excellent reads. …

This week, we investigate how personal and collective identities are evolving: from the role of shared infrastructure in our lives to changes in how and what we eat. We also explore systems people can expand on, machines people can collaborate with, and a fun playground for images and text. —…

This week’s issue runs the gamut, from deep thinking on climate change to NFT strippers and everything in between. On the one hand, we’ve got people doing thoughtful work to make our social and technological spaces better. On the other hand — well, the climate change and the NFT strippers…