Week 7 – Chapter 6

I think that one of the most important things that I learned while reading chapter six was that it is super important to recognize societal rules that dictate our behavior in daily life. These rules can include talking loudly on a bus, in a library, hospital waiting room, or even walking up the down escalator. It’s important to keep those in mind because when designing, if something you create makes someone break these rules and they fall victim to the repercussions of those actions, then inevitably it is your fault.

All of this is essentially to point out that as a designer you have a responsibility to take part in ethical design, as what you create has a lot of weight socially and could possibly influence people to do things you didn’t originally intend for.