The article discusses the impact of personal bias using garlic preferences as an analogy. The author's strong dislike for garlic causes them to exclude it from recipes instinctively, reflecting how biases shape decisions in broader contexts, like design systems. The author contrasts grassroots design systems, birthed from individual frustrations, with top-down systems driven by leadership directives. This exploration of bias illustrates how individual perspectives can lead to varying results in creative processes and project outcomes.
I have a bias against garlic. If you send me a recipe to prepare, I'll do it beautifully and leave out the garlic without a single thought because of that bias.
When one recipe is prepared by a garlic-lover, there will be more garlic in the final product. When that same recipe is prepared by me, it will be missing completely.
On one hand you have the grassroots system, where individuals working on digital products are simply trying to solve their own daily problems.
On the other hand, you have the top down system, where leadership is directing teams to take a more systematic approach.
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