Hey Chris, thanks for your thoughtful input.

On the principle of news as a public good, I do wrestle with the tension of there being “public interest” information versus not. How would you suggest it manifests with the metaphor? How did our analog societies work with public (mis)information before we transitioned into a global digital one?

I definitely agree that trust and influence play more of a role in news today over “truth”. I recently read an essay that characterises our current era as post-trust rather than post-truth, which I enjoyed: https://qr.ae/pN2S31

As to designers’ role, if any, I did leave it as an open question; I trust the design thinkers to reframe the problem as they feel equipped to. For posterity, I’ve expanded the story to include more actors than just designers.

PS. Agree that AI adds complexity. Would love to chat more with you about ways to think about it!