To designis

to dissent

A key element: dissent is not only to be in disagreement with someone else. It is to go against a majority.

This is a defining condition

In Spanish, 'disentir' and 'diseñar' are adjacent in

the dictionary

- Benjamin Valencia

“Being able to recognise where and how to dissent is a decisive skill for any designer who wants to

innovate”

- Miguel Angel Montiel

“When innovating in society, a balance should exist... we must consider the consequences that science and technology

may bring”

- Karen Resendiz

http://www.elche-cola.com/

Renata Montante

“Resistance to change is (strong) because all

changes have (unexpected)

consequences”

- Teresita Suarez

“We are committed to a better world, and dissent...

can be the beginning to act”

- Teresita Suarez

- Elizabeth Sanchez

http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/aug2008/ca20080820_960713.htm

“Yes, we have a responsibility to speak up when we are upset by what's going on in the world, but there are better and worse ways to do it, from both ethical and practical perspectives. The goal of any protest is a moral one: to make things better.”

“Dissent is the key to a great power to propose

reasons and arguments to promote change”

- Juanjo Navarro

“Complaining focuses on the problem, dissent is the root of the answers to that

problem”

- MA Macias

“In all successful cases, the acceptance of new

ideas takes several years. They were rejected and modified during those

years”

- Mayela Magaña

http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/SUNWHY.html

Societies do need dissent

But dissent is often punished

In your social group:

Is it cool to dissent?

Dissenters are:

- punished before the change- praised after the change

Too much dissent brings chaos

Too little dissent brings conformity

What is an adequate dosis

of dissent?

http://www.barewitness.org/photoalbum/NoWar.jpg

What is an adequate dosis of protest?

http://vivirmexico.com/

Freedom fighter? Terrorist?

Terrorist? Freedom fighter?