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kvrichard··on Beyond Human Centered Design: Is Planet Centric Design the Next Thing?
Thanks for the feedback! To be honest, I'm using a theme and never noticed this issue –although never tried to navigate my website without JS.

Apparently, there is an animation (that doesn't work w/o JS) on the article section that requires the whole content to be set as opacity: 0;... (-_-!). Just fixed that w/ CSS in a <noscript> tag.

Thanks again and glad you liked the podcast anyway ;)

kvrichard··on Moving Design Decisions From Ego-Centered to User-Centered
Thanks for your feedback. I better understand your point.

Specifically about the term "tipping point" I used it in its general meaning. Beyond the legitimate criticisms on Gladwell's use of the concept in his book, it is known in behavioral science and more specifically in when we talk about behavioral contagion (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_contagion) as the "inflection point" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflection_point) which is what I'm referring to as a "tipping point" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipping_point_(sociology)). But I agree that this could be confusing. I'll add this precision to my article.

For the rest of your remark: the point of this article is to make readers realize the importance of context on people's decision-making process. This is no pseudo-science as it is standard knowledge in social sciences, backed up with years of scientific studies and publications.

For sure, many scientific concepts have been reused (and altered) by personal development and pseudo-science movements. But this doesn't cancel the scientific validity of such concepts. How many times can we read about “quantum physic” in pseudo-science articles (i.e. https://elemental.medium.com/the-human-body-can-heal-in-asto...). Does it make quantum physic a pseudo-science? Fortunately, no. The difference here is that not only the concept is well-supported but also the method and technic used for its application.

Perhaps, my article is not well written, which I can concede (always learning and improving). Anyway, thanks for helping me improve it.

kvrichard··on Moving Design Decisions From Ego-Centered to User-Centered
Thanks for your comment. English is not my mother tongue and I learned it mostly by my self, so I do not pretend to write & speak it perfectly. Sorry if it bothered you.

I'm always open to constructive criticisms. Feel free to share some improvements to this article so that everyone can benefit from it.

kvrichard··on Moving Design Decisions From Ego-Centered to User-Centered
Thanks for your comment. This article is based on the actual state of knowledge in social sciences, and you can find all the references (as links) all over the article.

If you have doubts or questions on a specific subject discussed in the article, I would be glad to provide sources.

By the way, I will add a "Sources & references" section that is missing.

Thanks again.

kvrichard··on Moving Design Decisions From Ego-Centered to User-Centered
Thanks for your comment and sharing thoughts!