Design

The “Used Future” Trap

halalmoney

Thanks for sharing, I'll add here the source reference:

Five techniques for avoiding outdated visions of tomorrow.
https://www.ideo.com/journal/the-used-future-trap

> I’ve been waiting for a housekeeper robot since I was a kid. Growing up with a Jetsonian vision of push-button dinners and automated cleaning, I imagined coming home to a house managed by a trusty humanoid helper. In hindsight, that glimpse of the future wasn’t a bold vision of what could be in 2040; it was a 1960s dream.
>—Jennifer Lo

For me, a reminder: the future we are creating has been mostly sold to us during our early adolescence.