"Ruined by Design: How Designers Destroyed the World, and What We Can Do to Fix It" by Mike Monteiro explores the **responsibility of designers** in creating a world that "isn't working very well" 【1】. Key themes and topics in this book include:
* **Ethical Design**: The book emphasizes the importance of ethics in design, advocating for universal moral values such as trust, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship in corporate codes of ethics 【2】.
* **Design Impact**: It examines how design choices impact the world, both positively and negatively 【3】.
* **Accountability**: Designers are encouraged to see themselves as "gatekeepers" and take responsibility for what they bring into the world 【4】.
* **Consequences of Design**: The book highlights how various designs, like the combustion engine and social media privacy settings, have had destructive consequences 【5】【6】.