E.F. Schumacher on when he realized how he has been lied to all his life on a visit to Leningrad and meeting a Soviet interpreter. - From "A Guide For The Perplexed" (1977)
tag > Design
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Everything is a Playground: Discover the world through the eyes of a child
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Futures Cone
- Possible futures These include the kinds of futures that "might happen" - all the kinds we can imagine (the "warp drive" of Star Trek is a good example), these might also involve transgressions of currently-accepted physical laws or principles.
- Plausible futures These cover those futures which "could happen" according to our current knowledge of how things work. They stem from our current understanding of physical laws, processes, causation, systems of human interaction, etc.
- Probably futures These contain those which are considered "likely to happen". It is a simple linear extension of the present and often called "business-as-usual".
- Preferable futures By contrast, these are concerned with what we "want to" happen; in other words, these futures are largely emotional rather than cognitive, and derive from value judgements. Because values differ between people, this class of futures is quite varied.
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Pro Life Tip: Make all major decisions based on "randomness" (Flipism) - The result will most likely be the same as if you spent years preparing and contemplating choices - just minus the stress.
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The State of Human-Centredness in AI and automation - by @BrianSJ3
"Conclusions: The Western capitalist hegemony is deeply antithetical to human-centredness (remember that the subtitle of 'Small is Beautiful' was 'Economics as if people mattered' - hardly the Amazon corporate handbook), from the level of a corporate project through to societal effects. Competent practitioners with good stakeholder support can show what can be done, but Human Centred Design will remain a niche activity. If human-centredness is to make any impact at all, then it is time for some completely fresh approaches. Fortunately, the time is ripe for just such fresh approaches but the scale of the opportunity is somewhat daunting."
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Decent Innovation Checklist: From "Why I am Not Going to Buy a Computer", by Wendell Berry
