Everything is Intertwined
when you build a thing you cannot merely build that thing in isolation, but must also repair the world around it, and within it, so that the larger world at that one place becomes more coherent, and more whole; and the thing which you make takes its place in the web of nature, as you make it.
Christopher Alexander • A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
Rhizomatics is a philosophy trying to understand the organized complexity of knowledge in the current reality of infinite information and interconnections. Rhizomes are inherently organic in nature, where knowledge may change as connections change and as the network touches other networks. At the end of the day there is no absolute right or wrong,
... See moreDaniel Cabrera • How Do We Structure Knowledge? … Enter the Rhizome
You are interconnected to everyone, because the world doesn’t work without everyone.” You may think that you’re alone, but you’re never actually alone. This was really important because at a very young age that made me understand the importance of collectivity, and that we can’t do anything alone that’s worth it. Everything worthwhile is done with ... See more
Mariame Kaba: Everything Worthwhile Is Done With Other People
Life does not consist of a set of unrelated dyadic relationships (you and your mum, you and your daughter, you and your best friend). Rather, these dyadic relationships are all embedded within a complex network of relationships where what happens in one dyad spills over and affects what happens in another.
Robin Dunbar • Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships
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