My biggest critique of design thinking is that it has this Taylorist elitism (designer observes how a user does something) sorta built into it, and as a consequ

My biggest critique of design thinking is that it has this Taylorist elitism (designer observes how a user does something) sorta built into it, and as a consequence, it caters to new users rather than power users. In other words, there is no consideration that the most effective tools actually require some learning and expertise to master them. IMHO it's better if the designer becomes the user, by actually learning the particular discipline for which the thing is being designed, rather than just observing an expert. Kind of like method acting.