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@Mushon Zer-Aviv

@Mushon Zer-Aviv

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Oct 8, 2025

What For? Applying Future Screenshots to Strategic Action

From imagination to action — mapping what’s in our hands, what’s beyond, and what’s our next step.

What For? Applying Future Screenshots to Strategic Action

@Mushon Zer-Aviv

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Sep 10, 2025

“Hope is resistance against the idea that everything is already predetermined”

Interview with the Israeli designer Mushon Zer-Aviv for his exhibition at the Jewish Museum in Amsterdam.

“Hope is resistance against the idea that everything is already predetermined”

@Mushon Zer-Aviv

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Aug 20, 2025

A Tale of Two NICUs @ New York Times & Haaretz

How we imagine which babies should be saved and which ones should starve to death.

A Tale of Two NICUs @ New York Times & Haaretz

@Mushon Zer-Aviv

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Jul 20, 2025

Unlearning Helplessness: Violence and the Collapse of Political Imagination

Since Oct 7th, violence enabled a paralyzing moral standstill—that threatens both justice for Palestinians and Israel’s own future.

Unlearning Helplessness: Violence and the Collapse of Political Imagination

@Mushon Zer-Aviv

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Nov 25, 2024

Future Screenshots: methodological notes for a political imagination workshop

From future blindness to hope in the dark

Futures screenshots hanging on ropes with labels titled: preposterous, possible and plausible

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@Mushon Zer-Aviv

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Aug 10, 2024

Rage clicks are microdoses of pure horror

Clicking repeatedly, getting no feedback is now the sign of our times. Can we design systems that enable unexpected affordances for action?

Rage clicks are microdoses of pure horror

@Mushon Zer-Aviv

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May 26, 2024

Why the U.S. Should Recognize Palestinian Statehood

Sovereignty would serve America’s interests — and Israel’s.

Why the U.S. Should Recognize Palestinian Statehood

@Mushon Zer-Aviv

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Jan 13, 2024

Israel Commits Suicide of Biblical Proportions, and America Is There to Assist

How can those claiming to “stand with Israel” stand by and even actively support Netanyahu’s atrocious government?

Israel Commits Suicide of Biblical Proportions, and America Is There to Assist

@Mushon Zer-Aviv

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Nov 9, 2023

Your Empathy is Killing Us

Why binary partisanship in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is hurting both sides, and what to do about it.

Your Empathy is Killing us (on a Israel/Palestine regional map background)

@Mushon Zer-Aviv

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Aug 3, 2023

Great post and a nice overview of the current state of exploration. 3 thoughts:

1. A few years ago when this trend was not yet as wide-spread as it is today, it was discussed as "the dark forest theory of the internet"…

@Mushon Zer-Aviv

@Mushon Zer-Aviv

designer / educator / researcher / activist / writing a book titled “Friction and Flow—a design theory of change”

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