why did it work?

Rhetorical question about the harmonious growth of traditional towns like Amsterdam.

Neighborhood — ranked by edge-count

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Chapter 3: Structure-Preserving Transformations In Traditional Society
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The current paper, arguing that life in buildings arises from structure-preserving transformations, as exemplified in traditional societies.

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

Why do we compute? The natural answer is: to gain information (which we did not previously have)! But how is this possible?concept0.750
Opening framing of the central puzzle driving the entire investigation into information dynamics.
"Why do we compute? The natural answer is: to gain information (which we did not previously have)!"concept0.744
That such a simple form-language could produce such powerful results, was remarkable.claim0.741
Reflection on the eleven principles class, affirming that even a minimal form language can yield strong results.
What has generated it?question0.733
Question posed about the Belem riverfront's romantic quality, answered by 'Unconcern, mainly.'
What is it that makes these specific transformations occur?question0.715
Question asking why there are just fifteen distinct transformation types; the author admits not knowing the full answer, pointing to geometric limits of space.
How do they come to work together in this way?question0.714
Earlier framing question
it creates a ‘we’; what we are doing, for example, whether our behaviours are coordinated or not, becomes a relevant variable.quote0.709
Illustrates how non-separable functions shift identity to the collective level.
The ultimate criterion for whether something works in nature and in buildings depends on the extent to which it resembles the healthy human selfclaim0.709
Summarizes the post-Cartesian revolution in a single succinct criterion