Humility Based Design Checklist

Realistic solutions based on both projected and perceived benefits and consequences of a product
Focused on disconnecting from hi-technologies and the systems that support them when possible
Acknowledgment that ‘low’ tech can be just as valuable as hi-tech
Self/product indifferent innovation
Readily acknowledging imperfections and mistakes
Uplifting communities that are outside of a product’s consumer-base, especially if those communities are affected or involved in the production of a product/system
Finding value in smaller scale solutions
Scaling at the speed of trust
Scaling based upon manageability of mission goals
Dethroning efficiency and instead focusing on specific and well defined goals
Self/product indifferent innovation
Acknowledgement that a product is not limitless
A product that thinks highly of its users and holds them to high standards
Products that are actively listening and empathetic to consumer needs
Products that openly acknowledge the social and economic systems it operates under and/or reinforces
Products that have evolvable mindset
Products that design slow for long term
Products that do not rely upon trend
Firms that emphasize complete transparency

This list is simultaneously non-exhaustive and contextual. If you are someone who intends to either create or engage with humility-based technology, utilize this list and supplementary information below to assess a given product, and whether or not it checks off enough boxes for you, or if it checks off the boxes that matter the most to you.