You save lives by making life worth living, by making a world all kinds of people can see a future for themselves in. Making a world that nurtures everyone's very different aspirations is however enormously difficult to achieve. This is partly because public institutions are configured to respond to crises after the event. For example, health services are deployed primarily after a person becomes unwell; justice is meted out primarily after a crime has been committed, etc. Traditionally, the discipline of design has conformed to this after-the-event model. Read more...