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claim:in-a-sustainable-world-every-action-sustains-what-was-there-before-if-good-extend-it-if-not-heal-itIn a sustainable world, every action sustains what was there before; if good, extend it; if not, heal it.
Operational definition of sustainability as wholeness‑enhancing action.
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extracted_from(2004) · Alexander, Christopher
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- The third proposition, promising a reorientation that fulfills the movement's aspirations.
- When environments are built by morphogenesis they will of their own accord become sustainable.claim0.775First key empirical proposition of the lecture: morphogenetic processes inherently produce sustainable outcomes without explicit technical mandates.
- Conditional statement linking smooth unfolding to the progressive emergence of the fifteen properties and increased life.
- Core biological claim about the plasticity of self-models, grounding the broader philosophical argument about identity and change
- Alexander's proposed alternative: sustainability rooted in beauty, adaptation, spiritual connection to land, and iterative morphogenesis rather than technical optimization alone.
- The practical benefit of unfolding.
- If processes are in use which have these attributes, then we may have the real possibility of a living world.hypothesis0.758Conditional statement linking the adoption of morphogenetic processes to the emergence of a living world.