Dear Fil and colleagues
I am afraid the 'designerly' way to effectively "coordinate billions of
people" won't be through the classical ancillary position to those racing
after the highest ROI (return on - monetary - investments). Perhaps, in
these times of 'transition' (Thanks Lubomir to insist on this!), the
profession should rather, instead, start repositioning more and more its
members towards goals to sustainability (survival) and, ultimately
to...happiness. Indirectly and imperceptibly billions of people will thus be
gradually coordinated as, by the way, this is currently being done through
the environmental movement. Many more designers should be involved in
groupings such as the international network on sustainable design (
http://www.o2.org/media/document/o2-A4-vJul08.pdf).
Francois
Montreal
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