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DesignShift: From Answers to Questions
Exploration, Complexity, Change Ida Persson Exploration, Complexity, Change Ida Persson

DesignShift: From Answers to Questions

How many times have you been in a conversation that’s started with a question, and ended with: “Huh, I don’t know the answer. Let me Google that (or ask ChatGPT).” We grab our phones. Find AN answer. And feeling like we’ve gotten what we needed, it’s the end of the discussion. Next topic. Moving on. The internet has given us so much when it comes to access to information. Answers to nearly every question we could ever imagine are at our fingertips.

However, lately I’ve started to realize that the thing we need is not answers, but rather opportunities to be with the questions.

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