To get further into interface design; technology does change the interface design. Look at the interfaces ten years ago and the interfaces nowadays. New technologies allow richer interfaces, but also more challenging in making user friendly interfaces. At least that how I look at it. Interesting topic.

Yes, but not always self-interested in therms of economy or even on some level on Maslow’s pyramid. Their (our) need are more mysterious.

I’m kind of curious as to what the other uses are? The only use of the internet is communication - it’s a communication network?

It’s an interesting list though, do you have any sources for the items listed?

We need to take the time to get away from our computers and hang out with people. We need to see these observations at work.

One of the challenge I see is in designing for #5 People play different roles in different parts of their life. In what ways can we capture these different roles and design for those goals?