[Sigia-l] IA's Responsibility

[David (Heller) Malouf]

1 ... I was using the dr:lawyer thing as stereotype to make a point,
not as reality. Ziya, its time to find those moments of relaxation in
your life, really.

2. ... engineering is a creation service that I would say is tied much
more to technology and function than to empathy (again its a continuum
and not an absolute).

-- dave

On 8/31/06, Ziya Oz <listera at earthlink.net> wrote:
> David (Heller) Malouf:
>
> > since design is separated from other creation services by the idea of
> > "empathy" it would seem that we are more Dr. than Lawyer, but I gather
> > that is a personal decision.
>
> What other "creation" services are there that explicitly ignore empathy?
>
> Incidentally, I've seen and heard of many doctors with as much empathy as a
> doorknob; and there are many, many lawyers with hearts of gold who tend to
> the needy. Lawyers have many constituents during the course of their
> "workflow:" clients who hire them, judges, juries, the Bar, peers, partners,
> etc. Thoughtful lawyers are always beset by the notion of focusing on the
> client's immediate legal problem vs. "advancing the law"" in some manner
> that, they think, will benefit us all. These often require contradictory
> strategies and, even, outcomes. In that sense, lawyers are very much like
> designers who work work clueless companies: do you go after expediency or
> advance design practice/principles?
>
> ----
> Ziya
>
> Usability >  Simplify the Solution
> Design >  Simplify the Problem
>
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