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Everything filed under design design Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under optimism optimism Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Towns and buildings can only become alive if all the people make them, sharing a common pattern language that is itself alive Towns and buildings can only become aliveif all the people make them, sharing acommon pattern language that is itselfalive CA Christopher Alexander — holds since c. 1977 — tap for who they are Same subject: Cities are not alive: they cannot propagate themselves, and can only exist as the product of something that does. — tap to centre the map on it Cities are not alive: they cannotpropagate themselves, and can onlyexist as the product of somethingthat does. Last stated 4 years ago 7 Sept 2022 NL Nick Lane — holds since 2022-09-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: The process that makes towns alive must let their people shape rooms, houses, streets and churches for themselves — tap to centre the map on it The process that makes towns alivemust let their people shape rooms,houses, streets and churches forthemselves CA Christopher Alexander — holds since c. 1979 — tap for who they are Same subject: You can build anything now, but not everything is worth building; what matters is whether ideas take a shape somebody else would want to use. — tap to centre the map on it You can build anything now, but noteverything is worth building; whatmatters is whether ideas take ashape somebody else would want touse. Last stated a month ago 25 Aug 2026 JB John Bai — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: The more living patterns a room, building or town has, the more it comes to life as a whole — tap to centre the map on it The more living patterns a room,building or town has, the more itcomes to life as a whole CA Christopher Alexander — holds since c. 1979 — tap for who they are Same subject: A place comes alive not through one isolated pattern but through a whole interdependent system of patterns — tap to centre the map on it A place comes alive not through oneisolated pattern but through a wholeinterdependent system of patterns CA Christopher Alexander — holds since c. 1979 — tap for who they are Same subject: The quality that makes places alive cannot be made, only generated by a process — tap to centre the map on it The quality that makes places alivecannot be made, only generated by aprocess CA Christopher Alexander — holds since c. 1979 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language should be designed by a small group of people rather than by one person. — tap to centre the map on it A language should be designed by asmall group of people rather than byone person. Last stated 5 months ago 13 May 2026 AH Anders Hejlsberg — holds since 2026-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: The fundamental premise that everything will be wonderful if we could just all be linked together everywhere, all the time is false — tap to centre the map on it The fundamental premise thateverything will be wonderful if wecould just all be linked togethereverywhere, all the time is false Last stated 3 years ago 2 Jun 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it A business is more likely to failfrom taking on too much complexitythan from lacking resources. Last stated 8 years ago 29 Sept 2018 TG Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones. — tap to centre the map on it A business succeeds through a smallnumber of highly effectivedistribution channels, not manymediocre ones. Last stated 3 years ago 17 Feb 2024 AW Adam Wiggins — holds since 2024-02-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate negotiating an offershould make every ask fit one lineof logic. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Aug 2026 AW Adam Ward — holds since 2026-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it. — tap to centre the map on it A big part of taste is deliveringhigh levels of craft in anaccessible way so that as manypeople as possible can experienceit. Last stated 5 months ago 21 Apr 2026 BJ Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers. — tap to centre the map on it A company name can have differentappeal to corporate buyers versustheir customers. Last stated yesterday 4 Oct 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it A first draft should not be gradedgood or bad; it is only the materialthat taste then gets to act on. Last stated 2 months ago 6 Aug 2026 GS George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them — tap to centre the map on it A feeling of responsibility isprobably the greatest inhibitor ofcreativity; great ideas came frompeople not paid to have them IA Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness — tap to centre the map on it A free-wheeling, anarchic neuralorganization may be the secret ofhuman creativity, at the price ofsusceptibility to mental illness Last stated 14 years ago 8 Jan 2013 DD Daniel Dennett — holds since 2013-01-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A system trained only on what is already known cannot produce genuine surprises, because a known thing stops being a surprise. — tap to centre the map on it A system trained only on what isalready known cannot produce genuinesurprises, because a known thingstops being a surprise. Last stated 2 weeks ago 18 Sept 2026 CD Cory Doctorow — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Towns and buildings can only become alive if all the people make them, sharing a common pattern language that is itself alive Last stated c. 1977 Holds Christopher Alexander Read this korrent →