Thank you Dan. Before I go though your blog and paper I wanted to say the crux of my pessimism stems from my viewpoint that consumer desires rarely align with the greater good. We are still very much in the 'culture of the self'.
I struggle to think of opportunities where conscientious design avoids breaking ease of use, they make awkward bedfellows. Not to say it cant work, just hard for me to see how every socially responsible designer can apply behavior conditioning as a design methodology without creating in products that appear to Nanny the user. I see the somewhat overtly controlling nature of behavior shaping a pitfall. Especially given the very products that need to educate the user of their consequences; cars, power hungry consumer electronics, etc.. are pitched to our lowest common desires. SUVs made from recycled materials, optimized to slowly accelerate to reduce petrol consumption? Its just not why people buy this crap. I feel that until carbon production is taxed in to the bottom line of product margins, behavior shaping currently runs contrary to most design requirements. Until the greater good becomes a business incentive I'm afraid the designers hands are tied. That all said I still think we're past the point of no return and sleepwalking our way in to uncertain waters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=28577 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
