I see teaching a person to use less electricity and designing a product to use less electricity as two different things. In the 2nd case, I don't need to change my behavior - now, running the hairdryer and the vacuum don't short my system.
I just don't see how interaction designers can, with confidence,take it upon themselves to overcome the major challenges of society. Why would an interaction designer know more about the challenges of society than, say, the people we elect to solve those problems for us? I'm not saying that collaboration isn't possible, and maybe that was the author's point. I just didn't read that part. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36296 ________________________________________________________________ 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
