‘People used to say that just as the twentieth century had been the century of physics, the twenty-first century would be the century of biology…  We would gradually move into a world whose prevailing paradigm was one of complexity, and whose techniques sought the co-adapted harmony of hundreds or thousands of variables.  This would, inevitably, involve new technique, new vision, new models of thought, and new models of action.  I believe that such a transformation is starting to occur…. To be well, we must set our sights on such a future.’

  –  Christopher Alexander, The Nature of Order

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