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1. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Steve Martinuzzo

   I want to control my car without crashing it. Here’s where design is going wrong (opens the original)

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   You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Our 19-year-old microwave died recently. Its replacement has a shiny black control panel. Heating last night’s pasta now takes 10 steps – Function > Microwave. Cook Time > 1, 2, 0. Power Level > 8. Confirm. Start! – to do what my mum’s turn-dial Panasonic did in 1982 with a single flick of the wrist. Writer Cory Doctorow coined the term “enshittification” to describe the degradation of digital pla

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2. Article · Jul 30, 2026 · Steve Martinuzzo

   The Melbourne intersection that epitomises where our road safety approach is going wrong (opens the original)

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   You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. We live in Melbourne’s inner west. I drive a hatchback, but commute by bike. Our son has been learning to drive for the last year. Recently, turning right at a quiet intersection, he panicked. There was no hazard; just traffic lights without a right-turn arrow. In a year of supervised driving, our ultra-controlled road system had so thoroughly insulated him that he’d never been required to exercis

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