{"id":229469,"date":"2020-05-01T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T16:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=229469"},"modified":"2020-05-01T13:06:57","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T20:06:57","slug":"are-humans-made-for-computers-or-are-computers-made-for-humans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/01\/are-humans-made-for-computers-or-are-computers-made-for-humans\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Humans Made for Computers, or Are Computers Made for Humans?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Something quite funny for me is this. Asking ourselves &#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Who were computers made for and designed for?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Were humans made for computers, or the other way around? This should be the origin of all &#8220;ergonomics&#8221; research in computing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='500' height='281' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/QcAxHrCS?autoPlay=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;hd=0&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1674852142'><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption>Ergonomics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ERGONOMICS: Is Man Made for Machines, or are Machines Made for Man?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cwH8gdjkiwY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ERGO: To &#8216;work&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/\u00e1\u00bc\u201d\u00cf\u0081\u00ce\u00b3\u00ce\u00bf\u00ce\u00bd#Ancient_Greek\">Ergon<\/a>: deed, doing, action, labor, task.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/\u00ce\u00bd\u00cf\u0152\u00ce\u00bc\u00ce\u00bf\u00cf\u201a#Ancient_Greek\">nomics<\/a>: the law. The usage, customs, ordinances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Was man created for the sabbath, or the other way around?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Jesus story in which an ox falls into a pit on a Sunday. He is chastised by others to not do work, because it is against the law of the sabbath. But then Jesus retorts and say something like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Was man designed for the sabbath, or the sabbath designed for man?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Which means:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Humans come first, laws later.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What *<em>SHOULD<\/em>* humans do?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I just ordered a Kinesis &#8216;Freestyle&#8217; keyboard and holy moly &#8230; typing on it is one trillion times better than typing on the default MacBook Pro &#8216;scissor mechanism&#8217; keyboard. 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