Comments on: Dean Kamen on Design Responsibility http://bokardo.com/archives/dean-kamen-on-design-responsibility/ Interface Design & UX by Joshua Porter Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:28:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Brendan Sheppard http://bokardo.com/archives/dean-kamen-on-design-responsibility/#comment-144756 Brendan Sheppard Thu, 09 Aug 2007 02:26:50 +0000 http://bokardo.com/archives/dean-kamen-on-design-responsibility/#comment-144756 what he is talking about here is the change in what drives our econmoy. it is no longer dominated and driven by industry but by knowledge and ideas (The Knowledge Economy). the countries that have the newest ideas which improve society's quality of life are the ones that flourish. there is a different competition out there now, not so much for resources but idea generation. I'm not sure i agree entirely with the comment on ideas having to come from educated people. to what degree do people have to be educated before their ideas are recognised? How many people are innovators and designers with no more than a School Certificate behind them? what he is talking about here is the change in what drives our econmoy. it is no longer dominated and driven by industry but by knowledge and ideas (The Knowledge Economy). the countries that have the newest ideas which improve society’s quality of life are the ones that flourish. there is a different competition out there now, not so much for resources but idea generation.

I’m not sure i agree entirely with the comment on ideas having to come from educated people. to what degree do people have to be educated before their ideas are recognised? How many people are innovators and designers with no more than a School Certificate behind them?

]]> By: Michael Chui http://bokardo.com/archives/dean-kamen-on-design-responsibility/#comment-143844 Michael Chui Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:50:12 +0000 http://bokardo.com/archives/dean-kamen-on-design-responsibility/#comment-143844 Of course he's dividing people. Educated people are a minority and, as he says, most people are not educated. A couple months ago, I attended a talk on Yunus and Grameen Bank, and one of the most poignant things I said was that people don't have jobs. Jobs are a luxury. This isn't a question of unemployment; people labor to survive. They don't have jobs; they have work. You need an education to have a job. Of course he’s dividing people. Educated people are a minority and, as he says, most people are not educated. A couple months ago, I attended a talk on Yunus and Grameen Bank, and one of the most poignant things I said was that people don’t have jobs. Jobs are a luxury. This isn’t a question of unemployment; people labor to survive. They don’t have jobs; they have work.

You need an education to have a job.

]]> By: Zoe Marmara http://bokardo.com/archives/dean-kamen-on-design-responsibility/#comment-143788 Zoe Marmara Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:00:35 +0000 http://bokardo.com/archives/dean-kamen-on-design-responsibility/#comment-143788 Although it generates self-awareness about the responsibility that educated people have over the ones who lack basic goods, one must admit his speech implies some kind of a new economy hierarchy. Don't you think? Besides, the emphasis given on "the ideas must come from educated people" somehow divides people - sounds like a discrimination that is being accepted silently: Educated and non-educated people. Which comes to the meaning of education and what is nowadays accepted as such... Well, we've probably made the world a pretty confused place. The good thing is, confusion usually produces a lot of ideas... :) I hope you don't mind a little bit of consciousness. Good luck with your new business Joshua! Although it generates self-awareness about the responsibility that educated people have over the ones who lack basic goods, one must admit his speech implies some kind of a new economy hierarchy. Don’t you think? Besides, the emphasis given on “the ideas must come from educated people” somehow divides people – sounds like a discrimination that is being accepted silently: Educated and non-educated people. Which comes to the meaning of education and what is nowadays accepted as such… Well, we’ve probably made the world a pretty confused place. The good thing is, confusion usually produces a lot of ideas… :) I hope you don’t mind a little bit of consciousness. Good luck with your new business Joshua!

]]> By: Daniel Szuc http://bokardo.com/archives/dean-kamen-on-design-responsibility/#comment-143697 Daniel Szuc Sat, 14 Jul 2007 05:11:16 +0000 http://bokardo.com/archives/dean-kamen-on-design-responsibility/#comment-143697 Sharing ideas and knowledge to help ALL people. Wonderful! Sharing ideas and knowledge to help ALL people. Wonderful!

]]> By: Gong Szeto http://bokardo.com/archives/dean-kamen-on-design-responsibility/#comment-143695 Gong Szeto Sat, 14 Jul 2007 01:13:28 +0000 http://bokardo.com/archives/dean-kamen-on-design-responsibility/#comment-143695 thanks so very much for posting this - i found it really inspiring and i hope it circulates around a lot. he's utterly right. g thanks so very much for posting this – i found it really inspiring and i hope it circulates around a lot. he’s utterly right.

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