I am more sympathetic to the argument that we should be sensitive to the perhaps unjust constraints some of our colleagues have to work around than I am to the more general suggestion that we should *all* avoid exposure to patents. Avoiding exposure to information is, for me, the antithesis of why I wake up every morning and, for that matter, why I have a life in the first place. Chopping off any subject from my potential inquiry would be a deal-killer on this whole IxD career thing.
With regards to my two recommended solutions, I recommend 2 far over 1. I'd quit a job or lose a client long before I'd leave a mailing list out of fear of exposure to forbidden information. Jared's points about the existence of often-self-imposed limits on self-expression are quite true and legitimate -- we all should take care with our words and their effect on ourselves and others -- but I can't think of any other sphere of life where I am asked to *not look* at something freely available to others, except for maybe fundamentalist religion and crime. I will not (and can not) argue this on a professional level, but on a personal level? Unacceptable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from ixda.org (via iPhone) http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=29902 ________________________________________________________________ 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
