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concept:wilfulnessWilfulness
The false pleasing of oneself done out of a desire to be somebody, to be important, or to conform to professional images—very different from true pleasing.
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- The makers of image-ridden, ugly buildings did not truly please themselves; they acted out of wilfulness and a desire to conform.associated_withAlexander argues that what appears to be self-pleasing in modern architecture is actually wilfulness and professional image-management.
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- True Liking (vs Superficial Liking)contradictsThe genuine, deep pleasure that comes from the whole person and childish truthfulness—distinguished from wilfulness, professional posturing, or pleasing others' expectations.
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- A correctness condition requiring assertions to be true.
- The core prescription of the chapter: making what truly pleases you at the deepest level, which Alexander argues is the key to creating all living structure and the path to the I.
- Circular causality between perception and action; central to enactive interpretation
- Process of reifying one's identity as an independent self; meditation practices aim to decrease selfing.
- The directness of motivation by practical concerns, characteristic of living processes in the examples.
- The mechanism by which each step's effect is evaluated against the life of the whole, guiding the unfolding.
- Decrease in attention paid to system prompt over conversational turns, leading to persona fidelity degradation (cited from Li et al.)