This reminds me of Mike Monteiro's talk, "How Designers Destroyed the World". http://vimeo.com/68470326 http://vimeo.com/68470326 He was talking about web/indu

This reminds me of Mike Monteiro's talk, "How Designers Destroyed the World". http://vimeo.com/68470326 http://vimeo.com/68470326 He was talking about web/industrial/etc designers, and this is talking about engineers. It doesn't matter what field you're in, the moral of the story is: Be cognizant of how your work affects the world, and be prepared to say "no" to requirements that will likely affect others negatively.