How I used to think about simplicity. And how my thinking has evolved.| stefanlesser.substack.com
A surprising connection between »The Nature of Order« and cognitive linguistics offers a path to rectify Alexander's fantastical metaphysical explanation of mind in matter.| stefanlesser.substack.com
In a world centered around what we have, let’s not get confused about what we need to become.| stefanlesser.substack.com
A brief summary and recollection of the second half — posts 14-26 — of my Mirror of the Self series.| stefanlesser.substack.com
Let’s start into the new year with a recollection of the story so far to refresh our memory on important concepts already covered in all 13 posts from 2022.| stefanlesser.substack.com
Propositional tyranny made us lose touch with other kinds of knowing. How can we re-connect to the knowledge we have lost and to our self, our world, and other people?| stefanlesser.substack.com
Paper review: Peter Naur • Programming as Theory Building (1985)| stefanlesser.substack.com
Paper review: Melvin E. Conway • How Do Committees Invent? (1968)| stefanlesser.substack.com
We figured out a way to scale software development to create ever more utility and power. Unfortunately, this also seems to always create a lot of complexity. Why?| stefanlesser.substack.com
Design is a process of reciprocal realization. If we want to arrive at something simple, we need to participate in this fundamental process of mutual adaptation.| stefanlesser.substack.com
We live in a culture that favors generic, universal, context-independent solutions that scale. But we long for specific, local, context-dependent solutions that make us feel connected.| stefanlesser.substack.com
What can we do to make things so easy to understand that it just needs a “click” and then we “get” it?| stefanlesser.substack.com
A cognitive-scientific perspective on Christopher Alexander. My presentation at the Building Beauty Nature of Order webinar — video and transcript.| stefanlesser.substack.com