[IxDA Discuss] Ethical Issues for Interaction Designers

[Chant, Mary]

Thanks Petteri.
I read Pinker's "The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature" a
couple of years ago. It captured my interest as a designer - and as a
parent. I'll try "How the Mind Works" based on your recommendation.
Mary

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Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 17:07:31 +0300
From: Petteri Hiisil? <petteri.hiisila at ixdesign.fi>
Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Ethical Issues for Interaction Designers
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Robert Reimann kirjoitti 3.8.2007 kello 16:52:

> Personally, I think Evolutionary Psychlogy (EP) is a very promising  
> way of
> approaching the understanding of human behavior, but not one yet  
> solidly
> grounded in strong theory.

The best single book for understanding human behavior (also EP) has  
been Steven Pinker's "How the Mind Works." I still return to it often  
to find anecdotes and examples about the strengths and weaknesses of  
the human mind. As some reviewer said: "Reading How the Mind Works  
will change how your mind works..."

"Why do fools fall in love? Why does a man's annual salary, on  
average, increase $600 with each inch of his height? When a crack  
dealer guns down a rival, how is he just like Alexander Hamilton,  
whose face is on the ten-dollar bill? How do optical illusions  
function as windows on the human soul? Cheerful, cheeky, occasionally  
outrageous MIT psychologist Steven Pinker answers all of the above  
and more in his marvelously fun, awesomely informative survey of  
modern brain science. Pinker argues that Darwin plus canny computer  
programs are the key to understanding ourselves--but he also throws  
in apt references to Star Trek, Star Wars, The Far Side, history,  
literature, W. C. Fields, Mozart, Marilyn Monroe, surrealism,  
experimental psychology, and Moulay Ismail the Bloodthirsty and his  
888 children. If How the Mind Works were a rock show, tickets would  
be scalped for $100. This book deserved its spot as Number One on  
bestseller lists."

http://tinyurl.com/2g74w9

Best,
Petteri

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