The Eight Laws of Robotics Calmness:
- Technology should require the smallest possible amount of attention.
- Technology should inform and create calm.
- Technology should make use of the periphery.
- Technology should amplify the best of technology and the best of humanity.
- Technology can communicate, but doesn’t need to speak.
- Technology should work even when it fails.
- The right amount of technology is the minimum needed to solve the problem.
- Technology should respect social norms.
I’m a little suspicious about a certification body that’s paid for by producers, but it’s fine if they can make it work.
So they WANT you to ignore the warnings…
My insulin pump, as an example, violates 1, 2, and 8, for sure. You know what I do with it BECAUSE of that? I ignore most of its warnings. Following all the rules would probably make me care more.
My phone stays on perpetual silence. Haptic feedback is all I need or want. The mere thought of my phone going off when not appropriate brings me undue anxiety.
I heavily curate what can and can’t notify me, and specifically choose the least annoying notification sound for anything I give notification sounds to. Anyone who doesn’t scares me