The finest design for society will not be one worked up by specialists but a design created by the people… — William Coperthwaite
The finest design for society will not be one worked up by specialists but a design created by the people themselves to fit their needs.
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Initially what is important is to be able to successfully make a useful object over which the maker can exclaim, with pleasure and amazement, 'I made this myself!
p. 99
Many things that if you’re attractive it for us become ugly to us when we gain deeper knowledge: a building that took an oppressed class to build, a tool that will not hold an edge, clothes that shrink or fade on Washington. Are these beautiful? That way we answer this question is momentous impact for our concept of society.
...when we have more minds concerned, any challenge shrinks proportionally. The solution to our greatest problems may simply be involvement.
