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christopher alexander is the solution to high modernism

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you probably know this but what's nice about a solution-centric approach is that it's stateless and doesn't rely on prediction

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if you're Kant for example, you craft maximes through thought experiments so that you'll act Good in every situation

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when acting according to these maximes, you don't need to consider the consequences (at least so the theory goes)

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I believe the modernism you describe is motivated similarly but has fallen into a problemspace where that doesn't work so well