In short, no pattern is an isolated entity. Each pattern can exist in the world only to the extent that is supported by other patterns: the larger patterns in which it is embedded, the patterns of the same size that surround it, and the smaller patterns which are embedded in it.

  • -- Christopher Alexander 克里斯托弗·亚历山大

简而言之,没有模式是孤立的实体。每种模式只能在其他模式支持的范围内存在:嵌入它的较大模式、与它相同大小的模式以及嵌入其中的较小模式。

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I don't think of myself predicting things. I'm expressing possibilities. Things that could happen. To a large extent it's a question of how badly people want them to.

我不认为自己能预测事情。我表达的可能性。可能发生的事情。在很大程度上,这是一个人们多么希望他们这样做的问题。

Even the most wretched individual of our present society could not exist and develop without the cumulative social efforts of countless generations.

没有无数代人的累积社会努力,即使是我们当今社会中最不幸的个人也无法生存和发展。

People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?

人们说我奢侈是因为我想被美丽包围。但是告诉我,谁愿意被垃圾包围?

But I would bet that the euro continues to exist and that its importance as a global currency will likely increase.

但我敢打赌,欧元将继续存在,它作为一种全球货币的重要性可能会上升。

I am a firm believer that you can have the body you want, only to the extent that you're willing to work for it.

我坚信只要你愿意为之努力,你就能拥有你想要的身体。

I have a mother that's very strong and family that surround me and constantly tell me they love me.

我有一个非常坚强的母亲和家人围绕在我身边,不断地告诉我他们爱我。

There is that smaller world which is the stage, and that larger stage which is the world.

有一个更小的世界是舞台,还有一个更大的舞台是世界。

The world map looks smaller than ever before.

世界地图看起来比以往任何时候都要小。