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In this brief spoken excerpt, Dominic Furniss enumerates a series of common usability problems found in technology—excessive controls, uncomfortable interfaces, feature overload, and poor readability or usability. He labels these collectively as "unusable technology" and juxtaposes them with a succinct, positive mantra, "Choose life," implying a call for more user‑centric, accessible design.

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