what would the built environment of that island look like by default?
A big part of how I try to structure my brain and my life and my discourse is to make more Nevilles Longbottom feel able to exist by default.
And which of those obvious design principles, if any, would actually make life much better for most people on the continent if they were taken for granted there as well?
We get a LOT of tech that millions of “normal people” find useful from designs intended to help people who are struggling or weird. Snuggies are a bit of a punchline, but they were wildly popular, and they were invented specifically for people with mobility issues who have a hard time putting on coats/sweaters and who would have been trapped/impeded by just being buried in a blanket.
Right, and yet it seems clearly wrong to me for there to be eg regulations requiring all coat manufacturers to also make snuggies, or something. I haven’t worked out what the right take-away is from this kind of thing.
Strong upvote.
A big part of how I try to structure my brain and my life and my discourse is to make more Nevilles Longbottom feel able to exist by default.
We get a LOT of tech that millions of “normal people” find useful from designs intended to help people who are struggling or weird. Snuggies are a bit of a punchline, but they were wildly popular, and they were invented specifically for people with mobility issues who have a hard time putting on coats/sweaters and who would have been trapped/impeded by just being buried in a blanket.
>Snuggies
Right, and yet it seems clearly wrong to me for there to be eg regulations requiring all coat manufacturers to also make snuggies, or something. I haven’t worked out what the right take-away is from this kind of thing.