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If I look at things that have turned out well in my life (my marriage, some of my essays, my current career) the “design process” has been the same in each case. It has been what Christopher Alexander called an unfolding .1 Put simply:

I paid attention to things I liked to do, and found ways to do more of that. I made it easy for interesting people

Henrik Karlsson • Everything That Turned Out Well in My Life Followed the Same Design Process

Everything That Turned Out Well in My Life Followed the Same Design Process

Henrik Karlsson henrikkarlsson.xyz

I’m no longer content to ask, “What do you think about X?” Instead, I ask, “How did you come to believe X?”

David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

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