Empowerment x Scale

In his Build Conference 2014 talk, David Cole explores the type of future he as a designer would like to build…

When I look at the history of the greatest inventions, I find two important themes: they empowered people, and they empowered a lot of ‘em. Taken together, you get this kind of rudimentary formula of empowerment multiplied by scale.

The article is simply amazing. Go read the whole thing.