{"id":51,"date":"2008-07-08T08:23:28","date_gmt":"2008-07-08T12:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.therowboat.com\/?p=51"},"modified":"2022-04-11T23:51:34","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T03:51:34","slug":"design-worth-defending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanschneider.info\/2008\/07\/design-worth-defending\/","title":{"rendered":"Design Worth Defending"},"content":{"rendered":"
Since 9\/11, it has been a national fad to link just about every agenda to security and the war on terror. The war in Iraq itself is only the worst example. This is an old tradition; Cold War strategy was once a big part of the justification for massive investment in the Interstate highway system and for taking science education seriously. But this talk, from the 2004 TED (Technology Entertainment Design) conference, is the first time I’ve seen national security used to justify better design<\/em>.<\/p>\n