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Where is the harm? You can be in both worlds at the same time. If we think of Leonardo da Vinci he created both art that created problems, and inventions that
by uxhacker 5mo ago
Where is the harm? You can be in both worlds at the same time.
If we think of Leonardo da Vinci he created both art that created problems, and inventions that solved problems. But these world where very separate.
- colechristensen 5mo agoYour mental models of the world are reflected in how you interact with it. If you have an idea that there's a split between "creating beautiful stuff" and "creating useful stuff" then your world turns into one where something is only one or the other where someone creating only does one or the other. These days it's thought of unique or special if something is both and the fact this isn't standard is influenced by the mental model of them being separate.
- throwway120385 5mo agoMoreover the people who create useful things don't often take the time to try to make them beautiful, with the result that everything is a utilitarian grey box with some buttons on it.
- uxhacker 5mo agoI understand where you’re coming from. I differ from this view. I think we can hold a dialectical view. We can recognise art that raises questions or creates problems, while also recognising design or technology that solves problems. Human progress depends on both: defining the problem and solving it.
- kbelder 5mo agoBut that worldview excludes art that solves problems and inventions that create them.