Designing Stuff: Lame Gods in the Service of Prosthetic Gods

(April 16, 2010) Harold G. Nelson, Professor of Design at Carnegie Mellon University, discusses the importance of understanding the nature of designing (agency), designers (lame gods), and designs (prosthetic gods).

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[grunder20]

this can be expensive

[felpaluche]

Thought it was about religion. It was about art.

[PinkProgram]

I was wondering why humans take so long to understand things that are easy for me... they aren't looking at it from the "How do I design it?" perspective ^_^

[returnoftheramble3]

we got a few family lines that are selling us out to the resource kings. They need to sell it to us, so refuse it and let that part of your population die. Oh, so wet, DiCaprio is going to save me. I'm eternally damned. I have to be redeemed.

[returnoftheramble3]

I don't want to kill her. I want to make her disabled since she decided it was okay to use me and be me.

[returnoftheramble3]

who the fuck do you guys think you are?

[returnoftheramble3]

In wisdom, you should have thrown me out so that I would accept shame and a lower life position. You don't even know why I did everything, and you want to come in my mind. Oh, I'm hte evil tomas. I wouldn't be hurting myself if I was a tomas. I'm never let to grow. Campbell will boil before me happy or not. I can't relate to happiness because I"m that serious.

[returnoftheramble3]

I'm human. I want to watch her flesh burn before me. Let alone, I would have eventually accomplished something, contrary to popular belief and accepted something of mine. What you are doing is wrong. I wanted to fuck Putin, and he could have killed me. I made a choice. Save that tiger. I bet Putin was secretly laughing. We're from the same tribe.

[returnoftheramble3]

Honestly, I'm not doing the role assigned because I want to go to school. I qualified. It was agreed upon that I would go. I want to hurt Campbell and them. I am a worker, not a ROse. I will never partner. Now they're trying to make me even more happy because it's their revenge on competing. I'm just praying that Putin will accept me.

[returnoftheramble3]

I try to observe, and I remind myself constantly that everything came from nothing, and all we understand is 1. Well, off to go scream and break things, even though I can't feel anything. I'm protesting. I'm out of shape; those trash cans are hard to knock over.