[M]odeling for complex information requirements is a separate profession. A user must have sufficient ground for trust in the professional. And the professional must be seen to make complex decisions about information on behalf of the user.

in: Metapattern as context orientation: meeting Odell's challenge of object orientation

 

This concept of creativity explains why randomness is a popular method for innovation: try to activate whatever node and see what configuration results.

in: Victoria Welby's significs meets the semiotic ennead

 

With the model’s designer lies the responsibility to guide stakeholders. The stakeholder who commissions design is often unaware of this second order nature of variety, refusing to hear the voices of other stakeholders (who are often even left unidentified, especially when they try to raise their voices in disagreement). A responsible designer tries to convince her principal otherwise (and to include all relevant stakeholders). She usually fails. Then, what can she do? A designer can only contribute responsibly as mediator. Should it be clear that she stands no chance in that capacity, she should give back her commission.

in: Invitation to contextualism

 

To put it bluntly, I prefer nonself-adaptive systems, that is, tools. When required they should be multipurpose tools, highly flexible and so on, but I am happy leaving the behavioral self-adapting to their human users, that is, to us. Tools should of course facilitate our self-adaptation, but no more. For we already have trouble enough behaving ethically ourselves. I am far from ready to let self-adapting systems loose in and on the world.

in: note 56.23

 

Differences usually occur for a reason. So, people are often extremely relieved when they feel they don’t have to fight et cetera for their particular meanings to taken seriously. Being reassured that their interests both are and remain supported, it right away makes them more open to do away with so many irrelevant differences they might counterproductively uphold.

in: note 71.5

 

I am inclined to think about so-called artificial intelligence, machine learning et cetera more in terms of risks than benefits. Mostly it is hyperbole, anyway. What can possibly be achieved responsibly without making explicit what results may mean to stakeholders, that is, through real-life concepts touching them?

in: note 71.40

 

[A] responsible designer should especially guard independence of judgment oriented at — promoting — interests of all stakeholders, not just — strictly her/his own and to some extent what s/he takes for — her/his paymaster’s interests.

in: note 80.3