# Unanticipated Consequences Why humans don't anticipate the dire effects of decisions they make... Page: Feed: --- ## [Accidental Sanctuaries](https://unanticipated.substack.com/p/accidental-sanctuaries) _2026-07-19 · Daniel M Russell_ Sometimes accidents lead to the best unanticipated benefits ## [The Slippery Slope of Technology Design](https://unanticipated.substack.com/p/the-slippery-slope-of-technology-7e4) _2026-07-12 · Daniel M Russell_ Why things often slide down the slope to terribleness. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/206650790/e3cbf6eb6d9f957262d57ff67ab7e719.mp3) ## [The Slippery Slope of Technology Design](https://unanticipated.substack.com/p/the-slippery-slope-of-technology) _2026-07-11 · Daniel M Russell_ Why things often slide down the slope towards terribleness ## [New Ways to Poison an Entire Planet: The Legacy of Thomas Midgley, Jr.](https://unanticipated.substack.com/p/new-ways-to-poison-an-entire-planet) _2026-06-21 · Daniel M Russell_ The Legacy of Thomas Midgley, Jr. ## [Podcast: Unancipated Consequences of Smart Homes](https://unanticipated.substack.com/p/podcast-unancipated-consequences) _2026-01-16 · Daniel M Russell_ When you change the owner, be sure to change the logins and passwords... [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/184795746/d177003bc96aaf823f8216c7088fdc3a.mp3) ## [Unanticipated Consequences of Smart Homes](https://unanticipated.substack.com/p/unanticipated-consequences-of-smart) _2026-01-16 · Daniel M Russell_ Intelligent Infrastructure and Tech Harassment all in one handy package ## [Generational Amnesia](https://unanticipated.substack.com/p/generational-amnesia-579) _2026-01-05 · Daniel M Russell_ When things change slowly over decades, we collectively forget what things were like--and that's a problem. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/183551366/ec4ed71464567ab235851e525be9de84.mp3) ## [Generational Amnesia](https://unanticipated.substack.com/p/generational-amnesia) _2026-01-03 · Daniel M Russell_ How a shifting baseline causes problems for all of us ## [Year-end cleanup: Where do all of Dan's writings appear?](https://unanticipated.substack.com/p/year-end-cleanup-where-do-all-of) _2025-12-29 · Daniel M Russell_ Short answer... in too many places. But here's the master list. ## [Code Faster with Clear Tutorials (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/sU4nMz6Ys9rF) _2025-12-29 · **Sponsored**_ Short, step-by-step coding videos you can follow along ## [Tragedy of the Commons (#1/3)](https://unanticipated.substack.com/p/tragedy-of-the-commons-13) _2025-12-22 · Daniel M Russell_ Why when dealing with trash, there is NO away. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/182355692/39e8c5c1778aae8eb315712d7d45d492.mp3)