[Sigia-l] IA's Responsibility

[Brett Taylor]

agreed 

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Behalf Of David (Heller) Malouf
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 6:10 AM
To: Ziya Oz
Cc: SIGIA-L
Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] IA's Responsibility

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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David (Heller) Malouf
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