If It Weren’t for the People…

In Kurt Vonnegut’s dystopian novel ‘Player Piano’, automation has replaced most human labour. Anything that…

Recovery from Command-and-Control: A Twelve-Step Program

Most of us in democratic countries would hate to see the rise authoritarianism. When we…

Maslow’s Hammer: How Tools Bias Attention and Straightjacket Thinking

In May 2013, Edition 5 of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)…

Empathy: A Core Condition for Humanistic Design

Many involved in human-centred design (ergonomics, human factors, UX, interaction design, etc) have an internal…

Human Factors and Humanistic Psychology: Distant Cousins

Human factors and humanistic psychology are two human disciplines that emerged from adversity during the…