The engineer, and more generally the designer, is concerned with how things ought to be - how they ought to be in order to attain goals, and to function. (Herbert Simon)

The engineer, and more generally the designer, is concerned with how things ought to be - how they ought to be in order to attain goals, and to function.

Herbert Simon

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