Shaping the Future
As humans, we collectively avoid a huge percentage of ethical dilemmas by defining them out of existence. We decide that they are out of our control, and someone else’s responsibility.
As an information architect, you can define any or all of these ethical dimensions as “not my problem.” Maybe the responsibility really belongs with the client, the business manager, the authors, the usability engineers, or the users themselves. Or maybe, we’ll all just wait for a superhero to save the day.
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