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Design for a better world : meaningful, sustainable, humanity centered / Don Norman.

Av: Materialtyp: TextTextUtgivningsuppgift: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023]Beskrivning: 1 online resource ( viii, 364 pages) : illustrationsInnehållstyp:
  • text
Medietyp:
  • computer
Bärartyp:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780262373838
  • 0262373831
  • 9780262373845
  • 026237384X
Ämnen: Fler format: Print version:: Design for a better worldDDK-klassifikation:
  • 745.4 23/eng/20220719
Library of Congress (LC) klassifikationskod:
  • NK1520 .N67 2023
Onlineresurser:
Innehåll:
Artificial: Almost everything I see is artificial -- Almost everything artificial has been designed -- Our artificial way of life is unsustainable -- Why history matters -- Precise - but artificial - measurements -- If technology got us into today's situation, maybe technology can get us out -- This book: meaningful, sustainable, and humanity-centered -- Meaningful: Communicate in the understandable ways -- The need for meaning -- Measurement in the physical sciences -- Measuring what is important to people -- The gross domestic product -- What measures are truly important to people? -- Human behavior and economics -- Sustainable: Reverse and repair the harm done to the ecosystems of the world -- We live in the age of waste -- How did the world get into today's quandary? -- Sustainability has multiple components and implications -- Design, products, sustainability, and the circular economy -- The practical difficulties of implementing circular design -- Sustainable, robust, and resilient systems -- People's understanding of systems -- Working with complex sociotechnical systems -- It is not too late -- Humanity centered: Addresses all aspects of the world relevant to life -- Moving from humans to humanity -- Democratizing design and development -- People designing for themselves -- DesignX: an approach to large, complex systems -- Where incrementalism (muddling through) fails -- Incremental modular design -- When large, multidisciplinary projects are necessary -- Dealing with scale -- Design: necessary but not sufficient -- Human behavior: The major challenge -- Why change is difficult -- People will mobilize for a common goal -- What must change? -- The dominance of technology -- The future of technology -- Action: Learn, reflect, decide, act -- What can be done? -- What can we do? -- The major points of this book.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Artificial: Almost everything I see is artificial -- Almost everything artificial has been designed -- Our artificial way of life is unsustainable -- Why history matters -- Precise - but artificial - measurements -- If technology got us into today's situation, maybe technology can get us out -- This book: meaningful, sustainable, and humanity-centered -- Meaningful: Communicate in the understandable ways -- The need for meaning -- Measurement in the physical sciences -- Measuring what is important to people -- The gross domestic product -- What measures are truly important to people? -- Human behavior and economics -- Sustainable: Reverse and repair the harm done to the ecosystems of the world -- We live in the age of waste -- How did the world get into today's quandary? -- Sustainability has multiple components and implications -- Design, products, sustainability, and the circular economy -- The practical difficulties of implementing circular design -- Sustainable, robust, and resilient systems -- People's understanding of systems -- Working with complex sociotechnical systems -- It is not too late -- Humanity centered: Addresses all aspects of the world relevant to life -- Moving from humans to humanity -- Democratizing design and development -- People designing for themselves -- DesignX: an approach to large, complex systems -- Where incrementalism (muddling through) fails -- Incremental modular design -- When large, multidisciplinary projects are necessary -- Dealing with scale -- Design: necessary but not sufficient -- Human behavior: The major challenge -- Why change is difficult -- People will mobilize for a common goal -- What must change? -- The dominance of technology -- The future of technology -- Action: Learn, reflect, decide, act -- What can be done? -- What can we do? -- The major points of this book.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

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