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Impact designer Ida Persson argues that designers must balance curiosity with criticality by asking not only ‘How might we?’ but also ‘At what cost?’, recognising both the intended and unintended consequences of their work. She suggests that designers should act as ‘transition activists’, working alongside communities to protect well-being and prevent harm, rather than simply serving client demands or fuelling unchecked innovation. “The traditional client-designer relationship often positions the paying client as our primary focus – we’re hired to execute their vision, not question it. However, I believe designers have an ethical responsibility to look deeper and expand wider. Our ultimate goal should be to serve the people who will use our designs. We have a responsibility towards them first and foremost. And then of course, we have a responsibility towards the planet that supports us all.”

How we talk about the climate shapes how we act, and old phrases like ‘climate change’ often feel way too vague and non-urgent. Creating new, inclusive language can help us name grief, imagine hopeful futures and spur action. “Take ‘global weirding’. Coined back in 2007, the phrase reframes climate change as chaotic, strange, and unprecedented. ‘Global weirding’ has only recently come into its own as food prices rise, dogs bites become more frequent, frogs shrink, and wildflowers flee north. ... There is something bracing about the specificity of ‘global weirding’, just as there is with the growing use of ‘unnatural disaster’ to describe floods, fires, and storms that science shows us are increasingly driven by human activity.”

We can’t tell if the economy is in a bubble because most value is now intangible and has no clear book price. As Dror Poleg explains, prices are driven by perception and social dynamics, so only time will show if they collapse. “We live in an economy where the value of even the most physical things is determined by the software, stories, and networks that animate and surround them. As a result, there is no simple way to determine what anything is worth, and whether the market as a whole has lost touch with objective reality. More precisely, there is no ‘objective reality’; the perception of value and actual value are the same thing.”