One subject from three positions: what the attention economy does, what a designer owes the person on the other side, and what the same mechanics can be used for instead.
The attention economy
Name the mechanics operating on you, find where the model that uses them is structurally weak, then build one thing and measure what it costs the people who receive it.
Leaves with An artifact, a measured result, a sourced causal analysis.
The designer's obligation
Judge a shipping product, write the judgement down, and defend it against a room arguing in good faith for the thing you condemned.
Leaves with A design review document, and a verdict they can hold.
Narrative and play in education and wellbeing
When does a loop serve the person rather than the system? Three tests separate them. Taught through three built projects.
Leaves with A playable artifact, a mechanic-by-mechanic justification, a measured result.
The terms, common to all three
Nothing in these courses is graded on engagement. That is the subject.
Syllabus, facilitator's kit and student handbook on request. Aki Gato · aki.gato.art@gmail.com
Any one course stands alone All three: a 12-week sequence No prerequisites · no laboratory Hours stated; credit value is yours to set