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Utility Is for Machines

Nitzan Hermon
Close-up of rows of metal bolts and plates stamped with numbers
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To deliver value (meaning) for others, we need to have access to understand what something means for us. Only when we can articulate the meaning (in a product, service, or idea) we can consider how others might see it in their place of practice.

Meaning must not be conflated for utility. Utility is what machines do. It is a wholly functional, undifferentiated place.

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