“We must not fixate on what this new arsenal of digital technologies allows us to do without first inquiring what is worth doing.”
― To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism
― To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism
“If the only hammer you are given is the Internet, it's not surprising that every possible social and political problem is presented as an online nail.”
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“A person who has not made peace with his losses is likely to accept gambles that would be unacceptable to him otherwise.”
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“Principles of design:
1. Use both knowledge in the world and knowledge in the head.
2. Simplify the structure of tasks.
3. Make things visible: bridge gulfs between Execution and Evaluation.
4. Get the mappings right.
5. Exploit the power of constraints.
6. Design for error.
7. When all else fails, standardize.”
― The Design of Everyday Things
1. Use both knowledge in the world and knowledge in the head.
2. Simplify the structure of tasks.
3. Make things visible: bridge gulfs between Execution and Evaluation.
4. Get the mappings right.
5. Exploit the power of constraints.
6. Design for error.
7. When all else fails, standardize.”
― The Design of Everyday Things
“The idea that the future is unpredictable is undermined every day by the ease with which the past is explained.”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
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