As a growing human-computer interaction (HCI) practitioner, you now get to share a set of human values that bind all practitioners together in the execution of great software. Hopefully, you are learning HCI to join this community of practitioners that care about the community and want to improve the world through software. We only want you to join us if you care about the things you might create.

Interacting with a computer requires lots of trust from your user. If you stand back from software technology, software design can fundamentally impact our day-to-day lives in both positive and negative ways. As you continue to grow your HCI skills, wrapping your head around the bigger picture of how technology impacts society (your users) will improve your ability to design solutions that address their needs. You will learn why HCI designers are valuable for...