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Christopher Alexander, RIP

Christopher Alexander, RIP

And: an unbeliever sees accelerating chaos in the world, and seeks God

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Christopher Alexander, who said that ‘the spread of ugliness’ is one of the worst problems we are dealing with today (Source)

Sad news: Christopher Alexander has died. His best-known book, A Pattern Language, is probably the biggest-selling architecture book of all time. I’ve been writing in this space about the great architect’s insights into patterns …

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