Most users will want to restructure tools for new situations they encounter

Entities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.

• We want to build systems which can be enhanced and modified in a piecemeal fashion. This is necessary because the requirements for systems inevitably change, sometimes even before they are deployed for the very first time.quote0.769
  Opening statement of the GARDEN OF APPLICATIONS pattern, articulating the core force.
• "The most sophisticated building techniques of the future will be those where each operation modifies, without backtracking, the product of the previous operations. Such processes generate well-adapted variety, cheaply and easily."quote0.763
  Alexander's predictive claim about optimal future construction methodology.
• Technology should not be seen as a mere tool serving humans’ needs, but rather as a partner in a rich relationship with humans.claim0.754
  Central thesis of the paper, contrasting instrumental views of technology.
• How Can We Design Tools That Extend Thequestion0.751
• Design alone cannot accomplish this. It needs a change in the way we make it possible for people to control the world around them.claim0.751
  Argues that spatial quality requires a shift in social process, not just architectural design
• Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.quote0.748
  Einstein's assertion invoked to explain why BMR preserves accuracy while reducing complexity
• If the snippet works well, it may be adopted and spread to new construction methods, even in the context of different attitudes.hypothesis0.747
  Conditional prediction about the self-propagation of small effective sequences.
• The process of creating a living building requires not merely redefining functions, but rearranging and redefining the centers of function — which then opens the door to a new comfortable lifeclaim0.747
  Derived from the farmhouse kitchen case study in section 9