marwa marvels
marwalatif.bsky.social
marwa marvels
@marwalatif.bsky.social
marveling about about humans • place • technology in the built environment | Associate Professor | Spatial Designer | WELL AP | AI bloomer |
Correlation doesn’t imply causation.
Right? We hear that all the time.

But in "Third Millennium Thinking," the authors revisit Bradford Hill’s criteria, a powerful, structured way to assess causality when stats alone are inadequate.
(thirdmillenniumthinking.com)
Third Millennium Thinking
thirdmillenniumthinking.com
April 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Lately, I’ve been sitting with a recurring pattern in urban development projects.

We conduct a strong analysis rich in context and layered in insight.

But when it’s time to synthesise…

We often land on what's predictable, measurable ... and safe!
April 21, 2025 at 10:23 AM
While reflecting on a game design workshop, I noticed ChatGPT-4o defaulted to digital games when discussing aesthetic experience, despite no mention of them.

When asked, it revealed three reasons, highlighting an internal model bias: reflexive action, easiness and implicit assumptions!
April 20, 2025 at 4:36 AM
We often conflate "simplicity" with "simple".

In systems thinking, simple means predictable. But, simplicity is a quality—of design, clarity, elegance.
It can exist within complexity.

Just beware of oversimplification.

A thought that hit me while reading De Bono’s book "Simplicity".
April 5, 2025 at 5:52 AM