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==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | * Revolutions against the oppressive regimes in | + | * Revolutions against the oppressive regimes in France of the 1790's lead to the Jacobins and a reign of terror. There was no friction between accusing someone of royalist sympathies and the guillotine. |
| − | * In the 1920's freedom of | + | * In the 1920's freedom of expression gave us the roaring twenties. |
* In the 1960's freedom of expression was carried to extremes in a backlash against societal ills like discrimination. | * In the 1960's freedom of expression was carried to extremes in a backlash against societal ills like discrimination. | ||
* In the 1990's freedom from regulation | * In the 1990's freedom from regulation | ||
==Reactions== | ==Reactions== | ||
| − | Friction- | + | An article in 1996 titled ''Friction-Free Economy Rhetoric Holds a Time Bomb'' described the results to be expected from ''friction-free'' movement of many. The introduction of this in the 2020's has proven that the warning was both true and ignored.<ref>Gary Chapman ''Friction-Free Economy Rhetoric Holds a Time Bomb'' (1996-01-11 LA Times https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-01-11-fi-23355-story.html</ref> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
[[Category: Glossary]] | [[Category: Glossary]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:39, 31 July 2022
Full Title or Meme
Freedom from Friction is often the goal of designers of digital systems. Carried to extremes it is always a very bad idea.
Context
History
- Revolutions against the oppressive regimes in France of the 1790's lead to the Jacobins and a reign of terror. There was no friction between accusing someone of royalist sympathies and the guillotine.
- In the 1920's freedom of expression gave us the roaring twenties.
- In the 1960's freedom of expression was carried to extremes in a backlash against societal ills like discrimination.
- In the 1990's freedom from regulation
Reactions
An article in 1996 titled Friction-Free Economy Rhetoric Holds a Time Bomb described the results to be expected from friction-free movement of many. The introduction of this in the 2020's has proven that the warning was both true and ignored.[1]
References
- ↑ Gary Chapman Friction-Free Economy Rhetoric Holds a Time Bomb (1996-01-11 LA Times https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-01-11-fi-23355-story.html
