In this interview 99Pi’s amazing host Roman Mars interviewed social scientist Eric Klinenberg about his book - Palaces for the People How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization and the Decline of Civic Life. The episode explores some of my favourite things - community, public services, civic engagement and best of all - libraries!

Fear is an okay feeling, but it’s a trap. At some point I have to admit myself that like Dormammu I am stuck, bargaining with forces I have no control over. Fearing failure is inherently sisyphean; failure is going nowhere. There’s no beating it. And I know our world is built for brute force, for pushing through and never giving up but I personally don’t think that’s the only way to approach failure.

Learning design isn’t only for Designers. Good design is useful in all sorts of projects and fields and for all sorts of people.