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Centers and generative process:
Any structure is some elements in a relationship (in a context). The center is a way of describing those elements that are more coherent, more salient, more related to each other.
Generative process is step by step adaptation.
Christopher Alexander: A Primer
Ryan Singer
It is not an accident that great athletes are often called “naturals,” because they can, in performance, be totally present: they can proceed on instinct and muscle-memory and autonomic will such that agent and action are one. Great athletes can do this even—and, for the truly great ones like Borg and Bird and Nicklaus and Jordan and Austin, *especially*—under wilting pressure and scrutiny. They can withstand forces of distraction that would break a mind prone to self-conscious fear in two.
String Theory
David Foster Wallace
The U.S.’s point of view on the matter, elucidated at length in any indictment for financial crimes, is that if you have ever touched an electronic dollar, that dollar passed through New York, and therefore you’ve consented to the jurisdiction of the United States. Dollarization is *very intentionally* wielded like a club to accomplish the U.S.’s goals.
The Bond Villain Compliance Strategy
Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
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