I wouldn’t characterize designers as being different from everybody else in the universe. I think, to some degree, everybody suffers from similar issues. I think everybody should be more generous and more concerned about the effect they have on the world. Being a designer is also about being a good citizen. What does it mean to be a good citizen? It means caring about what’s going on and taking a role. Designers have the unique opportunity to have a different role than an average person who doesn’t have access to production and manufacturing in the same physical way as a designer does. So there is more opportunity and more responsibility. The reality of being in the world and caring about that world is ultimately in our own self-interest. When you create a competitive and acrimonious environment, you suffer. If you play that game, then you have to pay the consequences on a personal level. Milton Glaser.