Re:Some doubts about human-centered design
by nine_k on Thursday September 05, 2019 @11:48AM
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In short, we humans seem to not completely like ourselves, or, rather, tend to see our own shortcomings. (Which is good.)
This is why a design that exploits human nature to the fullest also exploits the parts of the nature we don't like in ourselves but have trouble fighting, like greed, or laziness, or selfishness, etc.
So I suspect we'll see a rise of "ethical design", which pushes us to exercise our best qualities (as designers see them) and tries to downplay and suppress the worse qualities (again, based on the designers' view of ethics). Ironically, a conspicuous use of such ethical design could also be fueled by virtue signaling, a negative trait from the (designers') ethical standpoint.
This is why a design that exploits human nature to the fullest also exploits the parts of the nature we don't like in ourselves but have trouble fighting, like greed, or laziness, or selfishness, etc.
So I suspect we'll see a rise of "ethical design", which pushes us to exercise our best qualities (as designers see them) and tries to downplay and suppress the worse qualities (again, based on the designers' view of ethics). Ironically, a conspicuous use of such ethical design could also be fueled by virtue signaling, a negative trait from the (designers') ethical standpoint.