Hi Johann
thanks for your kind response.Probably going to repond your message
in a somewhat off topic way but I just thought I should write in.
Your mention of the conference reminds me of Barack Obama's
voice for Change. I like his charisma. If he could tone a little down in
a more modest way, he could win a lot of support around the world.
The world does need a change.-- a change where ego could be eradicated
and a common sense for honest convention comes in.
The best leaders are ones who are very succint
and creative in their strategies. The ones who can in reign long
are the ones who are thoughtful and kind.
Design is about thinking. IMHO, thoughtfulness and a keen sense of
considerateness is the first step in designing things that are useful.
But I don't find a lot of people who are
able to do that though seemingly a simple requirement.
It's more about power and self interest.
Its like attending a high society gala and
a down to earth humanitarian convention.
There's a lot of hot air in the former.
But when you sit in the latter where doctors and
top engineers come to place, you do more
rewarding stuff.
Crystals are plain simple and pure.
As such they are able to blend in any environment.
To come up with a beautiful world where there is no hate
no hunger, no riots, no war, the strategist got to know himself,
his brothers and their living environment. One can only totally immerse
and interact with the immediate when one knows how to remember others
better than themselves.
Crystals sparkle. They brighten your day as they reflect
the wonderful light into a glorious rainbow of hope, love and peace.
Karen Fu
Just me without the quotes,references and a Ph.D.
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On 6/13/08, Johann van der Merwe <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Karen
> I am convinced that the small brilliant crystal you mention can be
> found, or at least looked for - intrinsically, where the only source of
> power is to be found, and where the only application of power should be
> allowed, if we use the term 'power' at all (I'm really referring to
> 'control').
> Cybernetics - as second order observation, even of the self - only
> allows intrinsic control, therefore the material aspects of class can
> only be addressed by the group itself, not by the designer. Design
> solutions (in themselves trying to 'define' to the group what 'design'
> is and can do / 'afford' the group) cannot address, speak directly to
> class or material aspects. The individuals, as a group, as a network in
> Latour's example of actor-networks, must apply any definitions /
> differentiations / distinctions.
> The designer, as a human being trying to understand, must learn how to
> differentiate between self and environment, and so must every member of
> the group you wish to design for (communicate with).
>
> Design is indeed a way of thinking, for the designer as a structured way
> of communication, and for the user as a way of understanding some other
> insight besides the ones (culturally, economically, politically)
> situationally available at any one time.
>
> When you say "In humanity -- design is a solution that has to take care
> of what is
> genuinely in need and discard what is not beneficial to humanity" you
> are speaking the constructive language of Changing the Change - the
> conference in Torino this July!
> Wonderful.
>
> Johann
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