to design means forcing ourselves to unlearn what we believe we alread…

Alain de Botton
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to design means forcing ourselves to unlearn what we believe we already know, patiently to take apart the mechanisms behind our reflexes and to acknowledge the mystery and stupefying complexity of everyday gestures like switching off a light of turning on a tap ✨ Alain de Botton (2007). The Architecture of Happiness, p.121, Penguin UK
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