"Let's not let this discussion become political or religious. Its
about IxD and use of politically charged semantic power words is most
unwelcome."

Meh - The thread was political to start with. (and only tangentially
related to IXD)  I  admit I got my dander up - must have forgot my
pill this morning :-)

Anyway - not sure if you can divorce politics from design.  (OLPC is
a great example) Design is an essentially human endevor - an
iterative process of optimizing an experience for a fundamentally
flawed user. 

Good design requires empathy and compassion for the user- it is not a
neural perspective -  ergo design is political.  However, if I
offended anyone - it wasn't my intention and I appologize. (But Andy
Rooney is STILL a whiny old crank!)

Trip



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