Discursive Design / Critical Design
Design Process
Nowadays, people seem to be swept along by big data. Recommendation systems decide what we see, default settings decide what we click, ranking algorithms decide who we trust. In the meanwhile, Making decisions requires mental effort, like choice paralysis, cognitive fatigue, Trial-and-error cost. People seem to be more immersed in this simple and direct choice, and are increasingly accepting it as a common occurrence. If the default preference has completely integrated into every decision-making process in our daily lives in the future, If one day even life decisions are outsourced to systems, does “choice” still exist?
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“Life Advisor”
When you face some moment that have to make a decision. The device would give you a better choice and you can follow it.
Besides, it could also record your food preference, socialization preference, amusement preference... learn from you every day. The more you use it, the smarter and more accurate it is.
