70 — Christopher Alexander — 1/2 —Notes on the Synthesis of Form
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The Self-Conscious Individual Is the Like Modern Alienated Designer
In contemporary society people don't design properly because they're kind of misled. The self-conscious individual's grasp of problems is constantly misled. His concepts and categories besides being arbitrary and unsuitable are self-perpetuating. Under the influence of concepts he not only does things from a biased point of view but sees them biasedly as well. He loses not only the urge but even the mental opportunity to frame his problems more appropriately.
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