“Re: “A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design”” by Raemon

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A decade+ ago, there was this post A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design, which noted that we seem to be designing all our devices to have smooth glass omni-interfaces. And when you look at like Marvel Movies that depict the Near Future, it's basically the same thing except holograms: Which is 3D which is nice, but, there's something fundamentally... sad/improverished about it. The essay notes: Before we think about how we should interact with our Tools Of The Future, let's consider what a tool is in the first place. I like this definition: A tool addresses human needs by amplifying human capabilities. That is, a tool converts what we can do into what we want to do. A great tool is designed to fit both sides. In this rant, I'm not going to talk about human needs. Everyone talks about that; it's the single most popular conversation topic in history. And I'm not going to talk about technology. That's the easy part, in a sense, because we control it. Technology can be invented; human nature is something we're stuck with. I'm going to talk about that neglected third factor, human capabilities. What people can do. Because [...] --- First published: December 28th, 2025 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/2QieLLPnohY8N6oNe/re-a-brief-rant-on-the-future-of-interaction-design --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.

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