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The broad goal of enduring ecological and human well‑being; Alexander distinguishes a deeper, wholeness‑based meaning.
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- Technical Sustainabilityrelated_toNarrow, one-sided sustainability paradigm focused on renewable resources, energy, and technical solutions; criticized as incomplete and spiritually hollow.
- Morphogenesisassociated_withProcess by which cellular collectives generate large-scale structure and form; presented as a collective intelligence problem.
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- The written transcript of Christopher Alexander's 2004 Schumacher lecture.
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cosine ≥ 0.65 · no typed edgeEntities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.
- Alexander's proposed alternative: sustainability rooted in beauty, adaptation, spiritual connection to land, and iterative morphogenesis rather than technical optimization alone.
- Birth control, species protection, spiritual health, etc., as listed in the preamble.
- Resource recycling, energy consumption reduction, etc., as listed in the preamble.
- The physical or conceptual space where loose parts are situated.
- Alexander's alternative conception where sustainability springs from wholeness, beauty, and morphogenesis.
- Operational definition of sustainability as wholeness‑enhancing action.
- Biological process demonstrating morphogenetic memory and goal-directed anatomical problem-solving; salamanders regrow exact organs and stop when correct structure is complete.
- The ability of a self to construct and evaluate models, grasp relationships, and revise representations; operates through the intellect via symbolic reasoning