Like your Description of “human-centered engineering(HCE)”. Anything “human-centered” must have a contextual, multidimensional communication system that carries & shares information about intention-, affect(emotion)-, effect(impact)-, problem framing-, solution choice-, reference blueprints-decision making+trade-offs+opportunity costs.
A factory=all these rigidly pre-decided for 1 specific combination to produce a specific output.
Engineering=creative, decision making endeavour.
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