Tag: architecture
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What Must Be Prepared in Advance
Some decisions arrive with time to reconsider them. Others arrive with circumstances already in motion. The available information may be incomplete, the consequences may be difficult to reverse, and the interval between recognizing a situation and acting within it may be too small for a separate process of deliberation. In such cases, the possibility of…
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When the Response Outlives the Reason
A response may be appropriate when it first becomes available. A situation presents itself. An action resolves it. The relationship between the two becomes familiar. Later, the situation changes. The response remains. This is not necessarily a failure of intelligence. A familiar response may have been useful many times. Reusing it can be efficient, especially…
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The Door That Asked Before Opening
There was once a door that had been installed in a room for so long that everyone assumed it had always been there. It was a useful door. People opened it when they wanted to enter. They closed it when they wanted to leave. They replaced its hinges when they became worn and painted it…
