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Feb 22
π¦ THINKING INSIDE THE BOX.
π This #EngineersWeek, I'm pleased to announce π§ππ πππ¨π ππ’π«: ππ πππ‘π ππ‘π π§ππ πππ₯π§π π’π π π’πππ₯π‘ ππ©πππ§ππ’π‘ (@wwnorton, April 26, 2026), drawn from "Wicked Problems: How to Engineer a Better World."
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May 26
πThe 19th-century guide to running an effective meeting.
βRobertβs Rules of Orderβ turns 150 this year. In the @FT @FinancialTimes, I wrote about what that history says about AI systems now marketed as consensus brokers.
#engineering #meetings
β‘οΈ ft.com/content/a01dd0e8-b8daβ¦
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May 25
π΅οΈ "Social engineering" got tainted by its association with authoritarian regimes and later with scammers. So we buried itβand the practice carried on under friendlier names. In @IEEESpectrum, I argue why reclaiming the term matters. We can't contest what we can't seeβand name.
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Apr 20
Francis Bacon died stuffing a chicken with snow, killed by his own experiment--400 years ago this month. βοΈ
His scientific method? Inspired by engineers.
My latest for @IEEESpectrum:
spectrum.ieee.org/francis-baβ¦
@IEEEorg @IEEEUSA
#engineering #science #history #philosophy
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Mar 30
"In engineering, you are peer-reviewed by reality."
Mar 27
I once asked my friend, the engineer Guru Madhavan, why engineering faculties at most universities were outliers in containing more than a small minority of conservatives and political moderates.
βοΈ Rory Sutherland
Article | spectator.com/article/why-enβ¦
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Mar 26
My new @FT piece on the engineer who scheduled the apocalypse for his own birthdayβand what it reveals about the strange psychology of doomsday deadlines, and why they differ from the ones that actually govern our lives.
ft.com/content/32564d69-fd83β¦
#engineering #systemsthinking
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Mar 11
π My latest in @IEEESpectrum on Robert Goddard: from innovation to isolation, and how leaders can escape the alpha trapβwhen the stubbornness that helps a pioneer survive skepticism begins to hinder collaboration as the work grows.
#engineering @IEEEorg
spectrum.ieee.org/robert-godβ¦
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π§ Engineers see friction as a design feature, not a flaw. A shock absorber adds weight and complexityβyet without it, the suspension shakes itself apart. Not all resistance is waste, some of it protects systems from their own speed. #engineering
Mar 8
Should we aim for a frictionless world? ft.trib.al/uTtUSRF | opinion
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Guru Madhavan retweeted
(1/3) Guru Madhavan (@BioengineerGM) reverences the world and all that is in it. Guru is an engineer, but his conception of engineering is more vast than we typically assign to the role.
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Feb 22
π¦ THINKING INSIDE THE BOX.
π This #EngineersWeek, I'm pleased to announce π§ππ πππ¨π ππ’π«: ππ πππ‘π ππ‘π π§ππ πππ₯π§π π’π π π’πππ₯π‘ ππ©πππ§ππ’π‘ (@wwnorton, April 26, 2026), drawn from "Wicked Problems: How to Engineer a Better World."
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Feb 22
π§ The confinement in his blue box gave trainees the consciousness of the many angles from which a problem can be approached. "If you are going to build these things," Link said, "you have to have the integrity to test them yourself."
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Feb 22
π π§ππ πππ¨π ππ’π« reinvigorates the legacy of an engineer who transformed our access to the skies, the stars, and the sea.
Preorder: wwnorton.com/books/978132411β¦
And thank you, as always. ππΌ
#engineering #innovation #creativity #society #aviation #engineersweek #eweek2026
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Guru Madhavan retweeted
Feb 2
In a Perspective, three engineers propose an expansive mode of engineering practice that seeks to reduce conflict. According to the authors, peace engineering requires competence, capability, and character. In PNAS Nexus: ow.ly/rFW750Y7Fk3
ALT Farmers use modern technologyβsuch as dronesβto help increase efficiency in farming and reduce costs. Stock photo.
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βοΈ THE BEAUTY OF FRICTION
π° In my latest for the @FT, I explore why GLP-1 and GPT should force us to ask: which kinds of frictions deserve to stay?
πRead here (ft.com/content/f9d6e097-93b9β¦) or ππΌ
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π‘Good #engineering removes friction that impedes and conserves friction that informs. We often miss that nuance. But suppressing friction comes with its own risks; we lose the feedback that taught us how to feel the world.
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