The Design of Technology: Bridging Highly Advanced Science and Technology with Society Through the Creation of Products - Principia Designae: Pre-Design, Design, and Post-Design - page 12

usually obtained from outside sources. Designers often do not believe they must
examine the validity of these preconditions. This consideration can be illustrated by
the use of an expression to describe reasoning “A ! B.” Here, according to formal
logic, in a case in which “A” is false, “A ! B” is defined as true. The above-noted
definition implies if the precondition is false, then the reasoning process itself is
always true. It appears that this implication involves views similar to the attitudes of
the designers discussed above. These conservative attitudes will not be inviting to
professionals in related fields. In addition, they will not assist in making products
and the highly advanced science and technology implemented in those products
more easily understandable to society.
Third, designers should consider placing the motive of design within the wider
scope of the Design of Technology, rather than in the conventional narrow scope of
products. However, this does not imply that we must focus on superficial problems
located right before our eyes. Rather, we should focus on essential issues that
operate on levels below our immediate attention. The author believes that each
individual's “inner motive” is related to his/her willingness to engage in deep
consideration of these factors. Here, the “inner motive” is a drive that exists in
each designer's mind. This drive is related to feelings and criteria for products.
Alternatively, the “outer motive” is a drive contained in products. That drive can be
related to each designer's awareness of problems (Taura 2014 ). The author believes
that the “inner motive” can also be related to each designer's willingness to
consider preconditions, or to his/her willingness to adopt an open and accepting
attitude towards related fields, as noted above.
1.6 Discussion
Is the Design of Technology possible? To achieve the Design of Technology, the
following issues must be addressed.
First, how highly advanced science and technology become naturally accepted at
deep feeling levels in the culture of society; and/or
Second, how new concepts and methods are developed to extend the current
conceptions of responsibility and risk so that society can adequately cope with the
anxieties induced and dangers inherent in highly dvanced science and technology;
and/or
Third, how new methods to recognize and manage the magnitude and longitude
of unimaginable dangers associated with highly advanced science and technology
are discovered.
The author wonders whether these three issues were addressed repeatedly during
processes employed in the development of earlier technologies. If this is the case,
then time will solve these problems. A car might not have been acceptable to
society when it first appeared. Yet, it may have become acceptable after many
consumer-product interactions occurred (experiences with its utility or experiences