But in practice master plans fail – because they create totalitarian order, not organic order. They are too rigid, they cannot easily adapt to the natural and unpredictable changes that inevitably arise in the life of a community.

Christopher Alexander about Life:

But in practice master plans fail – because they create totalitarian order, not organic order. They are too rigid, they cannot easily adapt to the natural and unpredictable changes that inevitably arise in the life of a community.