5.1: Compliments of Technology

Norman's Being Analog does a great job of distinguishing between analog beings and digital technology but he offers no firm solutions to the man vs. machine dilemma. He successfully points out what is wrong with current systems, " most of today's machines...force people to use them on their terms, terms that are antithetical to the way people work and think," but he doesn't detail additional resolutions other than, "[Our difference] is useful only if the machine adapts itself to human requirements." If we adapted computers to human requirements, would technology stop being complimentary?