the difficulties in addressing the problems of the world in many cases
have nothing to do with design or knowledge. Thus, for the difficulties of
developing a sustainable earth, there are lots of good analyses, lots of
good suggestions for helping move in a better direction, and lots of
evidence.
The problem is political. Many countries feel short-changed: the changes
asked of them prevent them from moving to the life-style they desire (even
though it is unsustainable). Many companies seek short-term profit over
long-term sustainability, even of their own company.
Note too that many people in the world simply deny the evidence. To
them, evidence is irrelevant (or is probably faked by that conniving,
leftest-leaning scientific conspiracy).
Those of us tackling large, complex sociotechnical problems
know that although analysis and prescriptions for these problems
may be difficult, the difficulties are overshadowed by the difficulties
action, of implementing the ideas.
So let us not confound the difficulties of making change in the real world
with the argument about the importance of evidence.
Don
(I will now stop: I've said all that I am able to say. Saying it once more
will not help.)
On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 2:39 PM, cameron tonkinwise <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> We live on the same planet in societies that are surprisingly
> unsustainable despite having been dominated by evidence-based discourses.
> What is the difference that Evidence-based DesignX will make - a difference
> worthy of "a radical reformation of design practice, education, and
> research”?
>
Don Norman
Prof. and Director, DesignLab, UC San Diego
[log in to unmask] designlab.ucsd.edu/ www.jnd.org <http://www.jnd.org/>
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