Is There a Cost of Understanding?

Karl Fast is an independent scholar, information architect, and futurist. He's the co-author of Figure It Out: Getting From Information to Understanding alongside Stephen Anderson, who was featured in  episode 39 of the show. In this conversation, Karl tells us about what interaction designers can learn from cognitive science. We had a lot to discuss, so this episode is the first of two on the subject.

Show notes

• @karlfast on Twitter
•  Karl Fast on LinkedIn
• Figure It Out: Getting From Information to Understanding by Stephen P. Anderson and Karl Fast
• Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
• Stroop effect
•  The Extended Mind by Andy Clark and David Chalmers
• Supersizing the Mind: Embodiment, Action, and Cognitive Extension by Andy Clark
• HCI Remixed: Essays on Works That Have Influenced the HCI Community, edited by Thomas Erickson and David W. McDonald
• On Distinguishing Epistemic From Pragmatic Action by David Kirsch and Paul Maglio (pdf)
• The Intelligent Use of Space by David Kirsch
• Hearing Gesture: How Our Hands Help Us Think by Susan Goldin-Meadow
• Things That Make Us Smart: Defending Human Attributes In The Age Of The Machine by Don Norman
• The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition by Don Norman
• Hans Moravec

Disclosure: I received Karl’s book for free as a previous Rosenfeld Media/Two Waves author.

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