Knowledge and information structuring: projecting a dynamic and transformative frame of reference

Holistic “techno-humanistic” and “human-centered design” objectives that evolved with interdisciplinary ergonomic and human-computer interaction (HCI) requirements are suggested as a promising route to avoid the deformative and crippling consequences of unbridled technological applications. Mismatched human-machine symptoms can take the form of techno-stress, techno-addiction, deskilling, information fatigue syndrome and related implicating problems. A generic topological and transformative frame of reference is proposed for knowledge and information structuring as a potential means to minimize the self-paralysing results that are common in diverse areas. In some instances, the “principle of unintended consequences” reveals how apparent success transforms into unexpected failure. Encouraging the analysis of systemic and proportional limits may consequently guard against misguided and extreme closed-ended, deterministic and reductionist certainties