Chapter 12. Using computers: A direction for design

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Ontologically oriented design is therefore necessarily both reflective and political, looking backwards to the tradition that has formed us but also forwards to as-yet-uncreated transformations of our lifes together. Through the emergence of new tools, we come to a changing awareness of human nature and human action, which in turn leads to new technological development.

12.1 A background for computer design

Phenomenologically, you are driving down the road, not operating controls.

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As with breakdown, blindness is not something that can be avoided, but it is something of which we can be aware.

12.2 A design example

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There are no clear problems to be solved: Action needs to be taken in a situation of irresolution.

12.3 Systematic domains

[...] language does not describe a pre-existing world, but creates the world about which it speaks. There are whole domains, such as those in financial markets involving 'shares,' 'options,' and 'futures,' whose existence is purely linguistic —based on expressions of commitment from one individual to another.

12.4 Technology and transformation