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Construal level theory says that we think more concretely, as opposed to abstractly, about things that seem nearer to us in space, time, sociality, chance, and plan. Such concrete thinking can reveal itself, for example, in our using more concrete words as descriptors.
Domain experts, not domain owners.
An important thing that distinguishes a expert as distinct from an owner is that you encourage the expert to devote some of their time to helping others work in their discipline.
Egoless Engineering
egoless.engineering
Not only in VR, but generally in software, we’ll see bots make a comeback. Or rather: NPCs. I like that term, this time around.
Designing User Interfaces With Bots Not Buttons
Matt Webb
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