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The Tamagotchi Trap: On the Dangers of Mindful Design

https://medium.com/what-to-build/on-the-dangers-of-mindful-and-well-being-based-design-81a165fd0597

Designers who work towards meaningful interactions and time well spent have tough questions to face: What is a good use of the users’ time? Why don’t users already interact meaningfully?”

These are questions about human agency and dignity. Unless we tread carefully, we’ll be ensnared (or “hooked”) by a dangerous way of thinking.

#Design #Mindful