Contemporary · Philosophy & the Self · Essay
The People-First Approach
Haitham Al-Beik · 2026
"Technology should be built around the Human as an irreducible constant — a 'driver' separate from mind and body who retains the right to keep changing — rather than treating people as optimization targets a system can fully model and predict."
Al-Beik argues most modern systems are built for a person who is not allowed to change their mind — and that this, not any technical failure, is the actual design flaw.
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