We-Design
Jul 31, 2026 · User Experience Design
How Design Is Steering Us Toward Shallow Thinking
The article argues that a series of design decisions—from early internet’s spatial metaphors to smartphone‑driven endless feeds, blank‑canvas platforms, and Twitter’s character limits—have transformed digital products into environments that encourage shallow, fragmented cognition, and it calls on designers to rethink these choices to foster deeper thought.
Designattention economydigital media
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