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What gets called human error is design error: technology-centred design makes people do what machines are good at and then blames them.

Drawn from what Don Norman said

What these subjects mean

design How things should be made and judged: what makes a design good, who should do the designing, and what an interface is for.

aviation Flying and the machines that do it: propulsion, airlines, runways, and what happened to Boeing.

Design is how it works, You are not the user

designunder our view: The user is not you: design for what they need, and study them to improve what exists What makes a design good?under our view: Good design solves the right problem for real people, and whether it did can be told Which mental models should a designer think with?under our view: You are not the user: watch real people meet the real thing

What Don Norman actually said

  1. Don Norman Cognitive scientist and designer
    Human error is blamed for over 90 percent of industrial and automobile accidents. It is the leading cause of aviation accidents, and medical error is reported to be the third-largest cause of death in the entire United States. Horrifying? Yes, but why do we label it “human error”? It is design error.

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