Any technology tends to create a new human environment... Technological environments are not merely passive containers of people but are active processes that reshape people and other technologies alike. (1962)
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Technologies actively reshape people and environments.
- In plain terms
- Tech is not neutral; it changes behavior.
- What can you take from it?
- Design systems aware of behavioral impact.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does your software shape user habits?
Another view
Human agency can push back against environments.
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