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Dear Francois, Karen and list, Glad that this reference is of some help. I found a much lengthier original article from which this one came from. The original article is on the Associated Press website and the design reference is even clearer. Couldn't agree more, Francois. A heavily depended upon criterion for design today has to do with the idea of 'performance'--and much of this is comprised of either immediate benefits or short-term impacts. In any case, if we are looking to design artifacts in order to warn future generations, as a rule of thumb we are neither doing well nor good. It is in all frankness a field of design we should very much want to avoid? And yes Karen, I am from Singapore. Best, Jeff > Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 06:28:19 -0400 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: How to warn the future > To: [log in to unmask] > > Dear Jeff and list > > Thanks for the pointer! > Just adding that all those ancient design systems the world over were not > only for warning the future. They also meant to guide contemporaries > throughout a sustainable mode of living. > The 'modern' industrial systems have surely their merits, that however ought > to be assessed as well along those two ultimate aims for our species > perenniality. I think we all agree now that quick return on monetary > investment and immediate satisfaction of desires shouldn't be the only > criteria for 'good' design. > > Francois > Montreal