The document discusses flaws in the field of design and proposes alternatives. It argues that design has historically been rooted in capitalism and has been inequitable, extractive, traumatizing, and neocolonial. It provides examples of how design research can psychologically harm participants and primarily benefits designers and institutions. The document calls for design to center healing over harm, minimize extraction of value, disengage from colonial practices, and directly challenge unjust political systems. It asks how design could be practiced in a more critical way to address these issues at their root.