Are designers to blame for our tech dystopia? It’s complicated

Should designers have known better? That’s the question I’ve been asking myself over the last few months, as the infrastructure of the modern internet has been increasingly—and rightfully—called into question. It’s been a rough year for technology, and the people who build it. Social media age restriction bans are picking up steam. Prediction markets are under fire. AI platforms are battling existential perception problems.  And then, of course, there are the lawsuits.   Ea...