Ruined by Design: How Designers Destroyed the World, and What We Can Do to Fix It

Ruined by Design: How Designers Destroyed the World, and What We Can Do to Fix It

The world is working exactly as designed.

The combustion engine which is destroying our planet’s atmosphere and rapidly making it inhospitable is working exactly as we designed it. Guns, which lead to …

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