7 THINGS WORTH KNOWING / 22 September 2026

Little Discoveries

Design · Philosophy · Plants · Curiosities · Words · Food · Cultures & peoples. 7 discoveries in this edition.

Susan Kare: a computer begins with a square

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A notebook of squares invites us to design small, understandable pictures that can survive the test of another person using them.

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A lesson can become a question: could you use what you have learned when the words and the situation change?

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Observing a plant also means asking how it changes as it grows: a young bud and a mature head tell different stories.

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To understand a foot gripping a wall, we need to change scale: the crucial structures are much smaller than we can see.

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An object, its name and a figurative expression: follow three clues without confusing a word’s origin with an invention’s history.

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Between the chopping board and our eyes lies a small chain of events: learn to separate what we see from what causes it.

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In a Lithuanian tradition, threads and stalks form light geometries: we can observe the shape and listen to the people keeping the craft alive.

Original writing and illustrations made with AI assistance. Each discovery includes its sources. Our editorial method