Finitude
Human limits
The bodily, cognitive, emotional, and temporal limits all humans share. Ethotechnics treats finitude as a design input, not an inconvenience.
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Human limits
Design that honors the limits of human time, cognition, and care.
Design that honors the limits of human time, cognition, and care.
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E. Human limits & experience
Design that honors the limits of human time, cognition, and care.
Cognitive Saturation Point
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The level at which a user or operator’s decision quality collapses under load.
Compassion Bandwidth
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The maximum sustainable amount of emotional labor a system demands from humans.
Administrative Shame
Human limits
The feeling of being personally at fault for harms produced by system design. Often a signal that moral overhead is too high.
Dread Work
Coming soonHuman limits
Tasks that users or operators avoid because systems punish error.
Refusal Budget
Coming soonHuman limits
How many times a person can say no without institutional penalty.