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claim:the-current-technical-view-of-sustainability-is-very-one-sidedThe current technical view of sustainability is very one‑sided.
Alexander argues that focusing only on technical fixes ignores the deeper dimensions of wholeness and beauty.
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extracted_from(2004) · Alexander, Christopher
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- Technical SustainabilitycontradictsNarrow, one-sided sustainability paradigm focused on renewable resources, energy, and technical solutions; criticized as incomplete and spiritually hollow.
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- Direct critique that purely technological sustainability fails to create livable, beautiful environments.
- Resource recycling, energy consumption reduction, etc., as listed in the preamble.
- Generalization that wind turbines, solar panels, and similar interventions desecrate the land.
- Acknowledges precursors in non‑Western traditions.
- Concluding causal attribution.
- Alexander's claim that the limiting factor in creating living structure is not method but the maker's persistence.
- Alexander's proposed alternative: sustainability rooted in beauty, adaptation, spiritual connection to land, and iterative morphogenesis rather than technical optimization alone.