4 quotes
We cannot improve or restructure a horse and buggy into a spacecraft regardless of how much money and effort we put into it.
Designing Social Systems in a Changing World (1996)
The degree to which they are a community is marked by the degree of effort they devote to attain their purpose, the degree of their commitment to it, and the degree of their commitment to each other.
Designing Social Systems in a Changing World (1996)
In sharp contrast (with the traditional social planning) the systems design approach seeks to understand a problem situation as a system of interconnected, interdependent, and interacting issues and to create a design as a system of interconnected, interdependent, interacting, and internally consistent solution ideas.
Designing Social Systems in a Changing World (1996)
Science values objectivity, rationality, and neutrality. It has concern for the truth. The humanities value subjectivity, imagination, and commitment. They have a concern for justice. Design values practicality, ingenuity, creativity, and empathy. It has concerns for goodness of fit and for the impact of design on future generations.
Designing Social Systems in a Changing World (1996)