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claim:participation-by-users-in-shaping-their-environment-is-a-natural-right-and-the-only-way-deep-adaptation-can-occur

Participation by users in shaping their environment is a natural right and the only way deep adaptation can occur

Argument against administrator exclusion of users, based on rights and functional necessity

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Christopher Alexander
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Letterman Hospital incident, 1970
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Psychiatrists at a military hospital were denied any input into the design of a new psychiatric ward, illustrating administrative suppression of user participation

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