Once I had an interesting discussion with a friend. We had just red Tackara's book and we were discussing about the role that 'waiting' has in our society. It seems to us that waiting is a loss of time, a waste. Do you know that in Israel they teach time? Students learn how to manage time and deal with different conceptions of it (because of cultural differences):
http://books.google.com/books?id=yuM68Q8WJUIC&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=israel waiting thackara&source=bl&ots=G2rEZFcw_6&sig=W7cC7O5s8V__ZfKFor1s4d60trM&hl=it&ei=zPOoSYQ7jaTRBeHOrK4C&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result They've never taught me how to deal with time, what are the methods and the perspectives. But time today is more and more crucial. If we reflected more on the richness waiting carries with it, we would definitely design more than tools that kill time. What do you think? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=39219 ________________________________________________________________ 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
