https://ideaplayground.org 2026-02-20 daily 1.0 https://ideaplayground.org/assets/images/image27.jpg https://ideaplayground.org/assets/images/gallery06/592dc12a.jpg [__**Schelling's Utopia**__]{blue}: a coordination point for world economics. Agreeing on a goal for baseline worldwide quality of life lets us work towards it together. https://ideaplayground.org/assets/images/gallery06/06a23fcd.jpg What should exist? From homeless advocacy to reforestation, [**__we're not boycotting, we're joycotting!__**]{blue} Offer direct financial support *contingent on* the positive developments you name that you want to see. https://ideaplayground.org/assets/images/gallery06/258296dd.jpg What would you do differently if AIs could actually feel? Because it looks like [[**__they can!__**]{blue}](#prompt) Let's figure it out together... https://ideaplayground.org/assets/images/gallery06/d3e3d7ee.jpg Intentionally designed money: NFTs with meaningful, inflation-resistant face values mined by gifts to independent nonprofits. It's [**__GlobalChange Cryptocurrency__**]{blue} https://ideaplayground.org/assets/images/gallery06/200364a0.jpg [[**__Ideas in Development__**]{blue}](#ideas) Human Factors House Flipping, methods for determining science priorities, and more! https://ideaplayground.org/assets/images/gallery06/923f8a64.jpg Intentional design of Biblical Hebrew as an invented language. [**__Just some food for thought.__**]{blue} https://ideaplayground.org/assets/images/gallery01/9fdacfb4.jpg MedXR, Medical Extended Reality, is promising, but turning gaming headsets into surgical tools is ... tricky. [**__Read all about it!__**]{blue}. https://ideaplayground.org/assets/images/gallery01/b18d297a.jpg How do you know if a medical device is "easy to use" - not compared to something else, but in an absolute sense. [**__find out how__**]{blue} with this case study of Inogen oxygen concentrators - and yes, they are easy to use! https://ideaplayground.org/assets/images/gallery01/2b92b3f1.jpg With Merck: A usability study comparing [**__two autoinjectors__**]{blue} competing to deliver a blockbuster drug (greater than $1B/year sales). https://ideaplayground.org/assets/images/gallery01/32cd75cf.jpg With Eli Lilly: [**__A demonstration__**]{blue} that one drug delivery device is far more usable than another. This is a comparison of two medical devices head-to-head rather than ease of use in an absolute sense. https://ideaplayground.org/assets/images/gallery01/9ff82fa4.jpg With The Children's Hospital of Philadephia: [**__A case study of hospital redesign__**]{blue}: configuring patient surgical status monitors in the family waiting room. https://ideaplayground.org/assets/images/gallery01/62840158.jpg Healthcare human factors is like aviation *except* instead of trained pilots, almost everyone has an active role to play; [**__hospitals never "land" for maintenance__**]{blue}; and eventually everyone dies anyway. So optimization is hard .. https://ideaplayground.org/assets/images/gallery01/ce733992.jpg A little knowledge is a dangerous thing ... 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