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323When people praise my ideas it is nice to hear, but I don’t learn anything. If people disagree, I learn. If they convince me, I am thankful and I change. If I believe I was...</p> 324 325 <div class="quote-author"> 326 <p>Don Norman</p> 327 <img src="https://jnd.org/wp-content/themes/jnd-org-donnorman/images/icons/drawing-underline-xs-red.svg" alt="presentation underline"> 328 </div> 329 </div> 330 </div> 331 <div class="swiper-slide"> 332 <div class="quotes quotes-essay-and-articles"> 333 <h3>If you can think of a clever solution in a few hours, assume many others have already done so</h3> 334 <p class="quote-description p-md">If you can think of a clever new concept or solution to an existing problem in a few minutes or hours, then you should recognize that many people all over the world, many who have...</p> 335 336 <div class="quote-author"> 337 <p>Don Norman</p> 338 <img src="https://jnd.org/wp-content/themes/jnd-org-donnorman/images/icons/drawing-underline-xs-red.svg" alt="presentation underline"> 339 </div> 340 </div> 341 </div> 342 <div class="swiper-slide"> 343 <div class="quotes quotes-essay-and-articles"> 344 <h3>Make it Simple? No! Make it Understandable.</h3> 345 <p class="quote-description p-md">Make it Simple? No! Make it Understandable. When people make things "simple" by minimizing controls, they make it much more difficult to work or to understand. </p> 346 347 <div class="quote-author"> 348 <p></p> 349 <img src="https://jnd.org/wp-content/themes/jnd-org-donnorman/images/icons/drawing-underline-xs-red.svg" alt="presentation underline"> 350 </div> 351 </div> 352 </div> 353 <div class="swiper-slide"> 354 <div class="quotes quotes-essay-and-articles"> 355 <h3>Simplicity is in the mind, Complexity is in the world. Why? Things you understand are simple.</h3> 356 <p class="quote-description p-md">It is the designer’s job to take complex requirements and make them so understandable and appropriate that they are pronounced “simple.”</p> 357 358 <div class="quote-author"> 359 <p>Don Norman</p> 360 <img src="https://jnd.org/wp-content/themes/jnd-org-donnorman/images/icons/drawing-underline-xs-red.svg" alt="presentation underline"> 361 </div> 362 </div> 363 </div> 364 <div class="swiper-slide"> 365 <div class="quotes quotes-essay-and-articles"> 366 <h3>The universe is made of stories, not atoms</h3> 367 <p class="quote-description p-md">A quote from the poet Muriel Rukeyzer’s book “The speed of darkness.” Why stories? Because they combine history and context, critical events and results, both good and bad, expected and unexpected all linked through causal...</p> 368 369 <div class="quote-author"> 370 <p>Don Norman</p> 371 <img src="https://jnd.org/wp-content/themes/jnd-org-donnorman/images/icons/drawing-underline-xs-red.svg" alt="presentation underline"> 372 </div> 373 </div> 374 </div> 375 <div class="swiper-slide"> 376 <div class="quotes quotes-essay-and-articles"> 377 <h3>You are being too logical, I often tell engineers and executives.</h3> 378 <p class="quote-description p-md">“You are being too logical,” I explain. “People are not logical. Logic is artificial. It was invented by mathematicians and philosophers. It is not how people think, which is why it is so difficult for...</p> 379 380 <div class="quote-author"> 381 <p></p> 382 <img src="https://jnd.org/wp-content/themes/jnd-org-donnorman/images/icons/drawing-underline-xs-red.svg" alt="presentation underline"> 383 </div> 384 </div> 385 </div> 386 <div class="swiper-slide"> 387 <div class="quotes quotes-essay-and-articles"> 388 <h3>Design for people the way they are, not for how you want them to be.</h3> 389 <p class="quote-description p-md"></p> 390 391 <div class="quote-author"> 392 <p></p> 393 <img src="https://jnd.org/wp-content/themes/jnd-org-donnorman/images/icons/drawing-underline-xs-red.svg" alt="presentation underline"> 394 </div> 395 </div> 396 </div> 397 </div> 398 <div class="swiper-button-prev essay-and-articles-swiper-button-prev"></div> 399 <div class="swiper-button-next essay-and-articles-swiper-button-next"></div> 400 </div> 401 402 <div class="essay-and-articles "> 403 <a class="article-card" href="https://jnd.org/how-to-make-a-positive-impact-on-the-world/"> 404 <div class="article-card-content"> 405 <h4>How to make a positive impact on the world</h4>
406 <span>Action</span> <p> 407 A Career Guide so that You CanMake a Better World 80,000 Hours: a project of the Effective Ventures group: registered as a charity and tax-deductible company in England, Wales, Netherlands, and the United States “You... </p> 408 </div> 409 <div class="article-card-info-container"> 410 <hr> 411 <div class="article-card-info"> 412 <p class="p-xs">May 27, 2023</p> 413 <p class="p-xs">2 minutes read</p> 414 </div> 415 </div> 416 </a> 417 418 <a class="article-card" href="https://jnd.org/recent-books-on-humanity-centered-projects-by-any-name/"> 419 <div class="article-card-content"> 420 <h4>Highly Relevant Books Published After DBW</h4> 421 <span>Books And Other General Readings</span> <p> 422 (This list has been posted as a resource for all VI sections.) Updated March 26, 2023 I am delighted at the number of books that are now starting to appear that discuss how designers can... </p> 423 </div> 424 <div class="article-card-info-container"> 425 <hr> 426 <div class="article-card-info"> 427 <p class="p-xs">March 20, 2023</p> 428 <p class="p-xs">18 minutes read</p> 429 </div> 430 </div> 431 </a> 432 433 <a class="article-card" href="https://jnd.org/how-i-taught-dbw/"> 434 <div class="article-card-content"> 435 <h4>How I taught DBW</h4> 436 <span>DBW</span> <p> 437 In 2022, I taught a class using an early draft of the Design for a Better World book (DBW, but it had a very different title then). It was a great class and their comments... </p> 438 </div> 439 <div class="article-card-info-container"> 440 <hr> 441 <div class="article-card-info"> 442 <p class="p-xs">June 4, 2025</p> 443 <p class="p-xs">9 minutes read</p> 444 </div> 445 </div> 446 </a> 447 448 <a class="article-card" href="https://jnd.org/next-generation-air-conditioners/"> 449 <div class="article-card-content"> 450 <h4>Next generation air-conditioners</h4> 451 <span>Sustainable</span> <p> 452 Two publications discuss how better air conditioners can make a better world, especially as the impacts of climate change are already here. Moreover, the high temperatures already being experienced will only get worse. When Heat... </p> 453 </div> 454 <div class="article-card-info-container"> 455 <hr> 456 <div class="article-card-info"> 457 <p class="p-xs">July 29, 2023</p> 458 <p class="p-xs">3 minutes read</p> 459 </div> 460 </div> 461 </a> 462 463 <div class="essay-and-articles-carousel essay-mid-carousel swiper"> 464 <div class="swiper-wrapper"> 465 <div class="swiper-slide"> 466 <div class="quotes quotes-essay-and-articles">
467 <span>â</span> 468 <h3>Engineers and business executives are good at solving problems, but they seldom ask if it is the correct problem.</h3> 469 <p class="quote-description p-md">Human- and humanity-centered designers are trained to address the core, underlying factors, not just the symptoms.</p> 470 471 <div class="quote-author"> 472 <p></p> 473 <img src="https://jnd.org/wp-content/themes/jnd-org-donnorman/images/icons/drawing-underline-xs-red.svg" alt="presentation underline"> 474 </div> 475 </div> 476 </div> 477 <div class="swiper-slide"> 478 <div class="quotes quotes-essay-and-articles"> 479 <span>â</span> 480 <h3>Design must change from being unintentionally destructive to being intentionally constructive</h3> 481 <p class="quote-description p-md"></p> 482 483 <div class="quote-author"> 484 <p>From "Design for a Better World." last paragraph of Chapter 2 (page 13).</p> 485 <img src="https://jnd.org/wp-content/themes/jnd-org-donnorman/images/icons/drawing-underline-xs-red.svg" alt="presentation underline"> 486 </div> 487 </div> 488 </div> 489 <div class="swiper-slide"> 490 <div class="quotes quotes-essay-and-articles"> 491 <span>â</span> 492 <h3>Failures? No — Learning Experiences</h3> 493 <p class="quote-description p-md">We scientists (and designers) learn from our failures. In fact, scientists seldom fail. Instead, they say “that didn’t work. Time to try something new.” I prefer never to talk of failure. Instead, I say “that...</p> 494 495 <div class="quote-author"> 496 <p>Don Norman</p> 497 <img src="https://jnd.org/wp-content/themes/jnd-org-donnorman/images/icons/drawing-underline-xs-red.svg" alt="presentation underline"> 498 </div> 499 </div> 500 </div> 501 <div class="swiper-slide"> 502 <div class="quotes quotes-essay-and-articles"> 503 <span>â</span> 504 <h3>Simplicity is in the mind, complexity is in the world.</h3> 505 <p class="quote-description p-md">If you understand something, then even things that are complex become simple. The complexity of the product must match the complexity of the task.</p> 506 507 <div class="quote-author"> 508 <p>Don Norman in the book "Living with Complexity."</p> 509 <img src="https://jnd.org/wp-content/themes/jnd-org-donnorman/images/icons/drawing-underline-xs-red.svg" alt="presentation underline"> 510 </div> 511 </div> 512 </div> 513 <div class="swiper-slide"> 514 <div class="quotes quotes-essay-and-articles">
515 <span>â</span> 516 <h3>I learn more by being wrong than by being right</h3> 517 <p class="quote-description p-md">When people praise my ideas it is nice to hear, but I don’t learn anything. If people disagree, I learn. If they convince me, I am thankful and I change. If I believe I was...</p> 518 519 <div class="quote-author"> 520 <p>Don Norman</p> 521 <img src="https://jnd.org/wp-content/themes/jnd-org-donnorman/images/icons/drawing-underline-xs-red.svg" alt="presentation underline"> 522 </div> 523 </div> 524 </div> 525 <div class="swiper-slide"> 526 <div class="quotes quotes-essay-and-articles"> 527 <span>â</span> 528 <h3>If you can think of a clever solution in a few hours, assume many others have already done so</h3> 529 <p class="quote-description p-md">If you can think of a clever new concept or solution to an existing problem in a few minutes or hours, then you should recognize that many people all over the world, many who have...</p> 530 531 <div class="quote-author"> 532 <p>Don Norman</p> 533 <img src="https://jnd.org/wp-content/themes/jnd-org-donnorman/images/icons/drawing-underline-xs-red.svg" alt="presentation underline"> 534 </div> 535 </div> 536 </div> 537 <div class="swiper-slide"> 538 <div class="quotes quotes-essay-and-articles"> 539 <span>â</span> 540 <h3>Make it Simple? No! Make it Understandable.</h3> 541 <p class="quote-description p-md">Make it Simple? No! Make it Understandable. When people make things "simple" by minimizing controls, they make it much more difficult to work or to understand. </p> 542 543 <div class="quote-author"> 544 <p></p> 545 <img src="https://jnd.org/wp-content/themes/jnd-org-donnorman/images/icons/drawing-underline-xs-red.svg" alt="presentation underline"> 546 </div> 547 </div> 548 </div> 549 <div class="swiper-slide"> 550 <div class="quotes quotes-essay-and-articles"> 551 <span>â</span> 552 <h3>Simplicity is in the mind, Complexity is in the world. Why? Things you understand are simple.</h3> 553 <p class="quote-description p-md">It is the designer’s job to take complex requirements and make them so understandable and appropriate that they are pronounced “simple.”</p> 554 555 <div class="quote-author"> 556 <p>Don Norman</p> 557 <img src="https://jnd.org/wp-content/themes/jnd-org-donnorman/images/icons/drawing-underline-xs-red.svg" alt="presentation underline"> 558 </div> 559 </div> 560 </div> 561 <div class="swiper-slide"> 562 <div class="quotes quotes-essay-and-articles">
563 <span>â</span> 564 <h3>The universe is made of stories, not atoms</h3> 565 <p class="quote-description p-md">A quote from the poet Muriel Rukeyzer’s book “The speed of darkness.” Why stories? Because they combine history and context, critical events and results, both good and bad, expected and unexpected all linked through causal...</p> 566 567 <div class="quote-author"> 568 <p>Don Norman</p> 569 <img src="https://jnd.org/wp-content/themes/jnd-org-donnorman/images/icons/drawing-underline-xs-red.svg" alt="presentation underline"> 570 </div> 571 </div> 572 </div> 573 <div class="swiper-slide"> 574 <div class="quotes quotes-essay-and-articles"> 575 <span>â</span> 576 <h3>You are being too logical, I often tell engineers and executives.</h3> 577 <p class="quote-description p-md">“You are being too logical,” I explain. “People are not logical. Logic is artificial. It was invented by mathematicians and philosophers. It is not how people think, which is why it is so difficult for...</p> 578 579 <div class="quote-author"> 580 <p></p> 581 <img src="https://jnd.org/wp-content/themes/jnd-org-donnorman/images/icons/drawing-underline-xs-red.svg" alt="presentation underline"> 582 </div> 583 </div> 584 </div> 585 <div class="swiper-slide"> 586 <div class="quotes quotes-essay-and-articles"> 587 <span>â</span> 588 <h3>Design for people the way they are, not for how you want them to be.</h3> 589 <p class="quote-description p-md"></p> 590 591 <div class="quote-author"> 592 <p></p> 593 <img src="https://jnd.org/wp-content/themes/jnd-org-donnorman/images/icons/drawing-underline-xs-red.svg" alt="presentation underline"> 594 </div> 595 </div> 596 </div> 597 </div> 598 <div class="swiper-button-prev essay-and-articles-swiper-button-prev"></div> 599 <div class="swiper-button-next essay-and-articles-swiper-button-next"></div> 600 <div class="swiper-pagination essay-mid-carousel-pagination"></div> 601 </div> 602 <a class="article-card" href="https://jnd.org/united-nations/"> 603 <div class="article-card-content"> 604 <h4>United Nations</h4>
605 <span>Action</span> <p> 606 Sustainable Development Goals https://sdgs.un.org/goals The UN’s SDGs The United Nations has multiple websites. I highly recommend spending time on this site (the URL is directly below the image of the 19 goals). There is a... </p> 607 </div> 608 <div class="article-card-info-container"> 609 <hr> 610 <div class="article-card-info"> 611 <p class="p-xs">June 15, 2023</p> 612 <p class="p-xs">3 minutes read</p> 613 </div> 614 </div> 615 </a> 616 617 <a class="article-card" href="https://jnd.org/most-science-about-people-covers-a-tiny-percentage-of-humanity-weird-people-western-educated-industrialized-rich-democratic/"> 618 <div class="article-card-content"> 619 <h4>WEIRD People: Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic</h4> 620 <span>Artificial</span> <p> 621 How societies develop the way they organize and govern themselves differently in different parts of the world. Each way seems so natural to the inhabitants that they cannot understand that others might have developed completely... </p> 622 </div> 623 <div class="article-card-info-container"> 624 <hr> 625 <div class="article-card-info"> 626 <p class="p-xs">June 5, 2023</p> 627 <p class="p-xs">3 minutes read</p> 628 </div> 629 </div> 630 </a> 631 632 <a class="article-card" href="https://jnd.org/praise-for-design-for-a-better-world/"> 633 <div class="article-card-content"> 634 <h4>Praise for Design for a Better World</h4> 635 <span>Essays</span> <p> 636 “Don Norman joining the movement for…” Don Norman joining the movement for responsible and sustainable design brings considerable heft to the demand for design to transform from a user-centric focus to serving society and the... </p> 637 </div> 638 <div class="article-card-info-container"> 639 <hr> 640 <div class="article-card-info"> 641 <p class="p-xs">May 29, 2023</p> 642 <p class="p-xs">2 minutes read</p> 643 </div> 644 </div> 645 </a> 646 647 <a class="article-card" href="https://jnd.org/individual-authors/"> 648 <div class="article-card-content"> 649 <h4>Individual Authors</h4> 650 <span>Books And Other General Readings</span> <p> 651 Paul Polak If you donât understand the problem youâve set out to solve from your customersâ perspective; if your product or service wonât dramatically increase their income; and if you canât sell 100 million of... </p> 652 </div> 653 <div class="article-card-info-container"> 654 <hr> 655 <div class="article-card-info"> 656 <p class="p-xs">May 19, 2023</p> 657 <p class="p-xs">4 minutes read</p> 658 </div> 659 </div> 660 </a> 661 662 <a class="article-card" href="https://jnd.org/electric-power-wind-water-sun-and-nuclear/"> 663 <div class="article-card-content"> 664 <h4>Electric Power: Wind, Water, Sun. (and Nuclear)</h4>
665 <span>Books And Other General Readings</span> <p> 666 Mark Jacobson’s compelling argument that we must almost all energy sources to be electric. Jacobson, M. Z. (2023). No miracles needed: How today’s technology can save our climate and clean our air. Cambridge, United Kingdom... </p> 667 </div> 668 <div class="article-card-info-container"> 669 <hr> 670 <div class="article-card-info"> 671 <p class="p-xs">May 18, 2023</p> 672 <p class="p-xs">4 minutes read</p> 673 </div> 674 </div> 675 </a> 676 677 <a class="article-card" href="https://jnd.org/the-dbw-toolkit-for-learners-and-teachers-both/"> 678 <div class="article-card-content"> 679 <h4>The DBW Toolkit (for Learners and Teachers, Both)</h4> 680 <span>Action</span> <p> 681 From the Interaction Design Foundation (IxDF). My Videos plus text by IxDF to cover the major points of the book, with considerable supplementary material. </p> 682 </div> 683 <div class="article-card-info-container"> 684 <hr> 685 <div class="article-card-info"> 686 <p class="p-xs">May 1, 2023</p> 687 <p class="p-xs">2 minutes read</p> 688 </div> 689 </div> 690 </a> 691 692 <a class="article-card" href="https://jnd.org/behavioral-economics-policy-impact-and-future-directions/"> 693 <div class="article-card-content"> 694 <h4>Behavioral Economics: Policy impact and future directions</h4> 695 <span>Artificial</span> <p> 696 From the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2023). Behavioral economics: Policy impact and future directions. The National Academies Press. http://nap.nationalacademies.org/26874 An extremely important review of Behavioral... </p> 697 </div> 698 <div class="article-card-info-container"> 699 <hr> 700 <div class="article-card-info"> 701 <p class="p-xs">April 26, 2023</p> 702 <p class="p-xs">3 minutes read</p> 703 </div> 704 </div> 705 </a> 706 707 708 </div> 709 </div> 710 </div> 711 712 713 714 <div class="posts-paging-container"> 715 <div class="posts-paging-count"> 716 Page 1 of 26 </div> 717 718 <div class="posts-paging-wrapper">
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