Micah Shippee, PhD (@micahshippee.bsky.social)

🧩 The Curb-Cut Phenomenon and the Fusion Model: Why Designing for the Few Improves Learning for Everyone Walk through any city and you will notice the small ramps at every street corner — “curb cuts.” They were originally created to help wheelchair users move safely from sidewalk to street. What…

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🧩 The Curb-Cut Phenomenon and the Fusion Model: Why Designing for the Few Improves Learning for Everyone Walk through any city and you will notice the small ramps at every street corner — “curb cuts.” They were originally created to help wheelchair users move safely from sidewalk to street. What no one predicted was how universally useful they would become. Parents with strollers, travelers with rolling suitcases, delivery workers — everyone benefits. That is the curb-cut phenomenon: when we design with empathy for those at the margins, we end up creating better systems for all. https://micahshippee.com/2025/10/29/%f0%9f%a7%a9-the-curb-cut-phenomenon-and-the-fusion-model-why-designing-for-the-few-improves-learning-for-everyone/