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quote:in-a-living-process-every-step-is-done-in-such-a-way-as-to-increase-the-beauty-the-life-of-the-wholeIn a living process, every step is done in such a way as to increase the beauty—the life—of the whole.
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- Core thesis of the chapter: all action in a living process aims at increasing the beauty, life, and coherence of the whole.
- Restatement of the central principle in the context of the Claremont Canyon example.
- Central normative statement of the living process; defines the correct unfolding.
- Operational definition of the incremental, self-correcting nature of living process.
- Positions living process as an refined version of innate human creativity, not an artificial imposition.
- Transition to the problem of design process.