Attended Clarity Conf 2021

1. Ambiguous purpose leads to burnout. Find what energizes you and use that to define your priorities and boundaries. - Design Systems Burnout, Lauren LoPrete
2. Design is intertwined with addiction. When the focus is on "bigger user bases", "daily active users", addiction becomes the goal of work. Just because we can remove friction doesn't mean we always should. Move fast, break people. - Dysfunctional Systems: Digital Products and Addiction, John Voss
3. Dark mode is more than just inversing the palette. - The Diff After Dark Mode, Diana Mounter

The other highlight was socializing in gather.town and playing Drag Queen Bingo with other attendees. The virtual social events were organic and effective at spurring casual conversation, minus the awkward dance of joining a conversing group in physical spaces. I felt like I talked to more people than I would have at a physical conference.