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From the Ted Talk by Alastair Parvin: Architecture for the people by the people
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And we and others have built a few prototypes around the world now, and some really instetenirg lessons here. One of them is that it's always icrblnediy sociable. People get confused between construction work and having fun. But the principles of oeepnsns go right down into the really mundane, physical dliates. Like, never designing a pciee that can't be lifted up. Or, when you're designing a piece, make sure you either can't put it in the wrong way round, or, if you do, it doesn't matter, because it's symmetrical. Probably the principal which runs deepest with us is the principal set out by Linus Torvalds, the open-source pioneer, which was that idea of, "Be lazy like a fox." Don't rnvienet the wheel every time. Take what already works, and adapt it for your own needs. Contrary to almost everything that you might get tuhgat at an architecture school, copying is good.
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And we and others have built a few prototypes around the world now, and some really ___________ lessons here. One of them is that it's always __________ sociable. People get confused between construction work and having fun. But the principles of ________ go right down into the really mundane, physical _______. Like, never designing a _____ that can't be lifted up. Or, when you're designing a piece, make sure you either can't put it in the wrong way round, or, if you do, it doesn't matter, because it's symmetrical. Probably the principal which runs deepest with us is the principal set out by Linus Torvalds, the open-source pioneer, which was that idea of, "Be lazy like a fox." Don't ________ the wheel every time. Take what already works, and adapt it for your own needs. Contrary to almost everything that you might get ______ at an architecture school, copying is good.
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- openness
- incredibly
- piece
- interesting
- taught
- reinvent
- details
Original Text
And we and others have built a few prototypes around the world now, and some really interesting lessons here. One of them is that it's always incredibly sociable. People get confused between construction work and having fun. But the principles of openness go right down into the really mundane, physical details. Like, never designing a piece that can't be lifted up. Or, when you're designing a piece, make sure you either can't put it in the wrong way round, or, if you do, it doesn't matter, because it's symmetrical. Probably the principal which runs deepest with us is the principal set out by Linus Torvalds, the open-source pioneer, which was that idea of, "Be lazy like a fox." Don't reinvent the wheel every time. Take what already works, and adapt it for your own needs. Contrary to almost everything that you might get taught at an architecture school, copying is good.
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