We confront a hard truth today: do we actually control the future of design, or are we just reacting to economic forces like AI and AR? We unpack Catherine Chu's urgent call to fix accessibility in spatial computing before standards lock in, alongside Dave Winer's critique that Bluesky is reinventing the wheel instead of embracing open web protocols. As we navigate these industry shifts, we also sit with the community's raw reality, from the sobering math of job hunting to the debate over whether AI is speeding up our work or eroding the messy friction that leads to genuine insight.
