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Fiction and Bridges - Coggle Diagram
Fiction and Bridges
"The best way to describe design is that it seeks to connect things by acting as a bridge between them." (62)
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"Design's ability to connect requires it to be in the middle position....[it] lives in the borderlands--it connects, but it does not anchor. The work must provide a path without having a specific way of its own." (63)
Design it meant to transport us from one thing to another... "The design must be transformative for it to be successful." (64)
"Untruths are what initiate change, becuase they describe an imagined, better world, and offer a way to attain it." (66)
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"The point of speaking, and likewise creating, is to have someone there to receive." (62)
perhaps we monologue not to speak but to listen, as the listener is the primary functioner in a conversation
"All design springs from a complex social ecosystem created by multiple parties' interests weaving together to produce the design." (62)
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Some untruths are lies not meant to bridge the gap they've created. "Design and persuasion are manipulative, and if we have the skills to seduce others toward green pastures, we can also lead them off a cliff." (68)
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