The consequences of good & bad design

This is another fantastic presentation from Mike Monteiro on the importance of design and how it shapes our world lives. Here Mike takes us through how designers at Facebook have had massive consequences on peoples lives, especially when it comes to privacy settings.

As entrepreneurs we are essentially systems designers. Our goal should be to should improve things for people – solve a problem through system design. Whether or not we are pixel pushers is not important, we are designers. I seriously want you (and I know you will as my thoughtful readers) watch this instead of some pointless Tv this weekend. I promise it’ll be worth your time. Enjoy.