alt Hacker NewsYour mental models of the world are reflected in how you interact with it.
If you have an idea that there's a split between "creating beautiful stuff" and "creating useful stuff" then your world turns into one where something is only one or the other where someone creating only does one or the other.
These days it's thought of unique or special if something is both and the fact this isn't standard is influenced by the mental model of them being separate.
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throwway120385 • yesterday at 8:48 PM
Moreover the people who create useful things don't often take the time to try to make them beautiful, with the result that everything is a utilitarian grey box with some buttons on it.
I understand where you’re coming from. I differ from this view. I think we can hold a dialectical view. We can recognise art that raises questions or creates problems, while also recognising design or technology that solves problems.
Human progress depends on both: defining the problem and solving it.