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Information vs Understanding
- Information often overwhelms us because we don't know how to work with it as a resource.
- Understanding requires active effort beyond just having information available.
Limits of Universal Understanding
- UX designers aim to create not just information but understanding, but it is impossible to do this universally.
- The complexity and variety of information sources mean users must work hard to piece together understanding themselves.
Genesis of Their Collaboration
- Karl Fast joined Stephen Anderson to co-write the book after Stephen recognized the value in Karl's research on interaction patterns.
- Their collaboration shifted the book's framing to embrace distributed cognition and interaction-based knowledge creation.