> As we get more technically driven, the importance of people becomes more than it’s ever been before. You have to utilize who you are in your work. Nobody else can do that: nobody else can pull from your background, from your parents, your upbringing, your whole life experience. – [David Carson](http://www.ted.com/talks/david_carson_on_design.html?source=google_plusone)
“Consumer” is one of those words I’ve never been comfortable with. Along with “user”, it refers to real people as simply receptacles for whatever companies churn out for them. It’s a lazy, impersonal, demeaning, and ultimately unhelpful word. [Alex Bogusky thinks that as consumption is inevitable, people just need to be *better* consumers](http://fearlessrevolution.com/blog/the-empowered-consumer.html). I agree…more
[Jonathan Keats continues to blow my mind](http://bigthink.com/ideas/41923?page=2): > “Until today science has been completely dominated by one species,” says Keats, an experimental philosopher and former director of the Local Air & Space Administration…”People may not be biologically equipped to understand the universe at a fundamental level, he contends. “Other species might be better adapted to…more
An interesting idea: > Thanks to the competitive nature of electoral democracies, many – often most – citizens end up being governed by a party they didn’t vote for. But there is a way to ensure that every single voter is satisfied by the results of an election: simply have each voter governed by the…more
*Step 1*: Find the best, most experienced, most professional product designer you can. *Step 2*: Ask them what to do. *Step 3*: Do what they say. Profit! Ok, maybe a little more detail would help. For *Step 1*, your goal is to find the person with the most experience designing products that will work with…more